GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop VS GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
We are comparing the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop (NVIDIA) with the GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop (NVIDIA). Scroll down to the pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Last Updated: September 15, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop AND GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Here’s how GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
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8% higher 4K Ultra FPS (80 vs 74)
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10% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (137 vs 125)
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9% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (173 vs 159)
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14% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (25010 vs 22021)
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17% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (16525 vs 14173)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
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12% higher Boost Clock (2410 MHz vs 2160 MHz)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop AND GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop |
| GPU Type: | Laptop GPU | Laptop GPU |
| Codename: | GB203-400 | GB203-400 |
| Vendor: | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Generation: | GeForce 50 Mobile | GeForce 50 Mobile |
| Release Date: | March 27, 2025 | April 2, 2025 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 16 | 16 |
| Process Size: | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors: | 45.6 billion | 45.6 billion |
| Density: | 120.6 MTr/mm² | 120.6 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 378 mm² | 378 mm² |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 95-175 W | 80-175 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 82 | 60 |
| Shading Units: | 10496 | 7680 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 328 | 240 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 112 | 96 |
| Tensor Cores: | 328 | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 82 | 60 |
| Base Clock: | 1515 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 2160 MHz | 2410 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 128 KB per cluster | 128 KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache: | 64 MB | 64 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 169.7 GPixel/s | 144.0 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 496.9 GTexel/s | 360.0 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 31.80 TFLOPs | 23.04 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size: | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 28000 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 896 GB/s | 896 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA: | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing: | 1 | 1 |
| DLSS: | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort: | 2.1b | 2.1b |
| HDMI: | 2.1b | — |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 173 | 159 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 137 | 125 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 80 | 74 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 26133 | 22610 |
| Time Spy | 25010 | 22021 |
| Solar Bay | 115582 | 99274 |
| Port Royal | 16525 | 14173 |
| Fire Strike | 51249 | 47116 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 47165 | 41209 |
| Night Raid | 177463 | 170176 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 226752 | 190326 |
| Background Blur | 266.5 img/sec | 194.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 196.9 img/sec | 165.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 10.6 Gpixels/sec | 8.61 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 15.2 Gpixels/sec | 12.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 14.4 Gpixels/sec | 11.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.89 Gpixels/sec | 1.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1150 Gpixels/sec | 1060 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29783 | 27590.4 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 28483 | 26500 |
| G2D Mark | 1095 | 1096 |
| DirectX 11 | 266 | 255 |
| DirectX 12 | 136 | 115 |
| GPU Compute | 11677 | 10610 |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 8002 | 6813 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 30250 | 25636 |
| Half Precision | 52126 | 42495 |
| Quantized | 23496 | 19809 |
| Image Classification | 12121 | 10192 |
| Image Segmentation | 33054 | 23343 |
| Image Super Resolution | 33652 | 31132 |
| Face Detection | 67213 | 46322 |
| Pose Estimation | 151395 | 134037 |
| Text Classification | 3209 | 3319 |
| Machine Translation | 6292 | 4696 |
| Object Detection | 15618 | 13038 |
| Depth Estimation | 57894 | 52089 |
| Style Transfer | 272117 | 248270 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 17971 | — |
| 1440p Vulkan | 7972 | 11022 |
| 2160p Vulkan | — | 5800 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 15850 | 14480 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 12335 | 10368 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 7058 | 2973 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop AND GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop was released 6 days earlier than GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop.
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Domain Score Summary
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Our Verdict
In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop edges out overall compared to the GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop. Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning and Workstation. They are still fairly close in Hardware Architecture and Energy Efficiency.
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