GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs RTX 5080
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
GB203-400
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
GB203-400
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile 24 GB with 82 pipelines and 10496 shaders against the RTX RTX 5080 16 GB that utilizes 84 pipelines and 10752 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5080
- Performs better (up to 38%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 21% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 165 vs 136 FPS
- 24% higher maximum theoretical performance (56.3 vs 45.3 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 31% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (297K vs 226K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 212 149 140 111 |
250 186 179 138 |
| The Witcher 3 | 225 201 143 75 |
271 244 172 90 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 293 222 162 84 |
317 238 178 87 |
| Far Cry 6 | 167 153 134 83 |
194 171 155 97 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 151 120 97 55 |
185 152 124 67 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 196 190 149 101 |
250 244 197 135 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 135 114 96 63 |
166 142 126 82 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 177 153 110 51 |
213 192 138 61 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 273 257 194 104 |
306 276 214 111 |
| 1080p High | 203 | 239 |
| 1080p Ultra | 173 | 205 |
| 1440p Ultra | 136 | 165 |
| 4K Ultra | 81 | 96 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 25015 | 33000 |
| Solar Bay | 115087 | 161489 |
| Port Royal | 16530 | 23275 |
| Fire Strike | 51145 | 75605 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 47290 | 69617 |
| Night Raid | 177560 | 199650 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 266.5 img/sec | 319.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 196.9 img/sec | 225 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 10.6 Gpixels/sec | 13.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 15.2 Gpixels/sec | 19.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 14.4 Gpixels/sec | 20.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.89 Gpixels/sec | 2.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1150 Gpixels/sec | 1750 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29783 FPS | 43676.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1108 | 1397 |
| DirectX 11 | 266 FPS | 327 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 135 FPS | 144 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11399 Ops/s | 19057 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 5080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-01 (Nowh) | Cinebench 2024 | 95861 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 12121 | 15441 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 33054 | 47173 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 33652 | 43223 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 67213 | 92863 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 151395 | 202202 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3209 | 3701 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6292 | 7905 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 15618 | 20955 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 57894 | 69068 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 272117 | 349205 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and RTX 5080General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | January 7, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $999 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | GB203-400 | GB203-400 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX or above | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#1st place)
Desktop GPU rating (#4th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 990-1515 MHz (configurable) | 2295 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1515-2160 MHz (configurable) | 2617 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10496 | 10752 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 328 | 336 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 82 | 84 |
| Tensor Cores | 328 | 336 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 82 | 84 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | 64MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 170-242 GPixel/s | 293 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 497-708 GTexel/s | 879 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 95-175 W (configurable) | 360 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Die Size | 378 mm² | 378 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 45.6 billion | 45.6 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.63 MTr/mm² | 120.63 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 30000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 10.1 | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | 2.1b |
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