GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop vs GeForce RTX 5090
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: GeForce RTX 5090 (96/100)
GeForce RTX 5090 leads overall with a score of 96/100 compared to GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop (37/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 43.0 Poor | 48.0 Poor WINNER |
| Gaming | 34.0 Poor | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3D Mark
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Strike | 26725 | 87569 |
| Night Raid | 82499 | 206648 |
| Port Royal | 6247 | 38202 |
| Solar Bay | 45198 | 236689 |
| Time Spy | 10477 | 46873 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 21132 | 108751 |
API
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 8.6 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | DLSS 4 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 2.1b |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.4 |
Games
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 113 | 299 |
| 1080p Ultra | 92 | 254 |
| 1440p Ultra | 68 | 207 |
| 4K Ultra | 38 | 125 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 93845942 | 334322260184 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 19914910957 | 36326520299 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80714418 | 26123316077 |
| Far Cry 6 | 107967541 | 237202190121 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 124786749 | 336247233187 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 73584524 | 221185175113 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 78654724 | 24919916697 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1271148444 | 329302238128 |
| The Witcher 3 | 1371128243 | 364327237123 |
GeekBench 6 ML
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 27790 | 85572 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31628 | 114685 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Image Classification (SP) | 6969 | 18948 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 17142 | 55109 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16426 | 58478 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3639 | 8184 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9002 | 27802 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 74413 | 344729 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 160005 | 687080 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2522 | 4464 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Background Blur | 170.3 img/sec | 333 img/sec |
| Edge Detection | 7.94 Gpixels/sec | 33.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 113.6 img/sec | 298.5 img/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.16 Gpixels/sec | 2.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.19 Gpixels/sec | 34.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.59 Gpixels/sec | 21.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15131.3 FPS | 59146.9 FPS |
| Stereo Matching | 467 Gpixels/sec | 2850 Gpixels/sec |
General
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Equivalent | -Radeon RX 6700M | — |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| GPU Codename | GA104 (GN20-E5) | GB202-300 |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i7 12700Hor above | -Intel Core Ultra 9 285Kor above |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | January 7, 2025 |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Successor | -GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | — |
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Launch price (MSRP) | — | $1999 |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 780-1215 MHz (configurable) | 2017 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1290-1620 MHz (configurable) | 2407 MHz |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 40 | 170 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 96MB shared |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 40 | 170 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 176 |
| Shading Units | 5120 | 21760 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | 680 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 680 |
Memory
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 256-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 12000-14000 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Memory Clock | 1500-1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
Passmark Graphics
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX 11 | 137 FPS | 341 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 62 FPS | 179 FPS |
| G2D Mark | 626 | 1410 |
| GPU Compute | 6642 Ops/s | 24360 Ops/s |
Physical
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Die Size | 392 mm² | 750 mm² |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 4 nm |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| TGP | 80-150 W (configurable) | 575 W |
| Transistor Count | 17.4 billion | 92.2 billion |
| Transistor Density | 44.39 MTr/mm² | 122.93 MTr/mm² |
Raw Performance
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 103-130 GPixel/s | 424 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 206-259 GTexel/s | 1637 GTexel/s |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2026-06-25(peppew517) | GeekBench | — |
| 📘 2026-06-30(peppew517) | GeekBench | — |
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