Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) vs GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

We compared two discrete laptop graphics cards: the Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Mobile (Blackwell) with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 4 months newer GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 5050 Mobile over RTX Pro 1000 Mobile (Blackwell)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
  • Performs better (up to 20%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
105
65
54
37
112
68
59
40
The Witcher 3
117
93
66
37
124
98
70
39
Counter-Strike 2
170
123
87
41
177
133
94
46
Far Cry 6
90
79
60
34
91
81
66
33
Hogwarts Legacy
63
49
35
19
66
56
37
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
74
64
46
28
81
71
52
31
Ghost of Tsushima
59
44
33
20
62
49
34
20
Cyberpunk 2077
62
59
33
14
68
63
38
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
98
90
61
33
106
95
67
38
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 93 99
1080p Ultra 74 79
1440p Ultra 53 57
4K Ultra 29 31
Margin of Error High Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 8256 9488
Solar Bay 36840 42180
Port Royal 5212 5747
Fire Strike 21279 25440
Wild Life Extreme 18390 17748
Night Raid 97812 90582
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 137.7 img/sec 154.5 img/sec
Face Detection 95 img/sec 94.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.99 Gpixels/sec 3.36 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.89 Gpixels/sec 4.21 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.7 Gpixels/sec 4.26 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.11 Gpixels/sec 1.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 396.8 Gpixels/sec 414.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 12852.4 FPS 13519.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 729 738
DirectX 11 116 FPS 127 FPS
DirectX 12 72 FPS 65 FPS
GPU Compute 5720 Ops/s 5055 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 592 & 2547 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 19 & 319 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-04 (Pavan)Cinebench 202428696
📘 2026-08-03 -> AlteracGeekbench 6 OpenCL95756
📘 2026-07-20 (lasu)Geekbench 6 OpenCL100032
📘 2026-05-27 (Fynni)Geekbench 6 OpenCL92318

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 6114 6724
Image Segmentation (HP) 17332 20455
Image Super Resolution (Q) 15867 17332
Face Detection (HP) 32890 37078
Pose Estimation (Q) 60048 68680
Text Classification (SP) 2929 2764
Machine Translation (HP) 4631 5076
Object Detection (SP) 7844 8520
Depth Estimation (Q) 26902 32304
Style Transfer (SP) 94600 110367
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) and GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released March 18, 2025 June 24, 2025
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Professional Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
GPU Codename GB207-300-A1 GB207
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX or above
Laptop GPU ranking (44th and 41st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1020-1627 MHz (configurable) 1020-1500 MHz (configurable)
Boost Clock 1627-2407 MHz (configurable) 1500-2662 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 2560 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 80 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 20 20
Tensor Cores 80 80
Ray-tracing Cores 20 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 32MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 52-77 GPixel/s 48-85 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 130-193 GTexel/s 120-213 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 35-115 W (configurable) 35-115 W (configurable)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 149 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor Count 16.9 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor Density 113.42 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 24000 Mbps 24000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12 12.0
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b

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