Nvidia RTX 5000 Laptop (Ada) vs GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
AD103 (GN21-X11)
We compared two discrete laptop graphics cards: the Nvidia RTX 5000 Mobile (Ada) with 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders against the GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile that utilizes 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 5000 Laptop (Ada)
- Supports error correction code (ECC) memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
- Performs better (up to 34%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 23% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 123 vs 100 FPS
- Achieves 21% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (203K vs 168K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 163 108 97 70 |
188 131 122 92 |
| The Witcher 3 | 184 155 108 57 |
211 176 132 67 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 267 202 145 82 |
277 217 158 82 |
| Far Cry 6 | 140 130 109 64 |
160 144 125 79 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 110 92 73 37 |
137 111 86 47 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 142 133 98 65 |
177 165 132 84 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 99 83 67 39 |
122 102 86 52 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 123 109 69 31 |
151 135 93 44 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 187 178 132 72 |
250 235 175 96 |
| 1080p High | 157 | 186 |
| 1080p Ultra | 132 | 157 |
| 1440p Ultra | 100 | 123 |
| 4K Ultra | 57 | 71 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 15858 | 21388 |
| Solar Bay | 63693 | 96121 |
| Port Royal | 9606 | 13734 |
| Fire Strike | 38278 | 45207 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 32627 | 42501 |
| Night Raid | 70978 | 147911 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 224.2 img/sec | 264 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 156 img/sec | 134.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.84 Gpixels/sec | 9.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.15 Gpixels/sec | 12.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.6 Gpixels/sec | 13.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.48 Gpixels/sec | 1.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 882.6 Gpixels/sec | 1060 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23725.9 FPS | 29225.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 756 | 988 |
| DirectX 11 | 231 FPS | 257 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 99 FPS | 106 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9393 Ops/s | 12157 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 5000 Laptop (Ada)
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Horikita) | GeekBench | 213782 |
| 📘 2025-11-03 (JJ) | Cinebench 2024 | 23277 |
| 📘 2025-11-03 (JJ) | Cinebench 2024 | 22714 |
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) | 9400 | 11346 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 17325 | 24625 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 30156 | 36874 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 42321 | 50088 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 140618 | 174844 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3278 | 3226 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3691 | 4905 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12106 | 14667 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 43574 | 53868 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 283979 | 340056 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 5000 Laptop (Ada) and GeForce RTX 4090 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | March 21, 2023 | February 8, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD103 | AD103 (GN21-X11) |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (8th and 4th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | - | 930-1620 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1460-2190 MHz (configurable) | 1455-2040 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 9728 | 9728 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 304 | 304 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 76 | 76 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | 304 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 76 | 76 |
| 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 | 164-245 GPixel/s | 163-228 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 444-666 GTexel/s | 442-620 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 80-175 W (configurable) | 80-175 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 379 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 45.9 billion | 45.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.11 MTr/mm² | 121.11 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 95°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | Yes | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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