GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop vs RTX 3060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
AD103 (GN21-X11)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 16 GB with 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month older RTX RTX 3060 12 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 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
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.5x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 3.1x higher maximum theoretical performance (39.7 vs 12.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 2.1x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 123 vs 60 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 188 131 122 92 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 211 176 132 67 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 277 217 158 82 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 160 144 125 79 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 137 111 86 47 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 177 165 132 84 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 122 102 86 52 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 151 135 93 44 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 250 235 175 96 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 186 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 157 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 123 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 71 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 21388 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 96121 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 13734 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 45207 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 42501 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 147911 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 264 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 134.3 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9.27 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 12.7 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 13.2 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.92 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1060 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29225.1 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 988 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 257 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 106 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 12157 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Horikita) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 213782 |
| 📘 2025-11-03 (JJ) | Cinebench 2024 | 23277 |
| 📘 2025-11-03 (JJ) | Cinebench 2024 | 22714 |
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
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) | 11346 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 24625 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 36874 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 50088 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 174844 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3226 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4905 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 14667 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 53868 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 340056 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | February 8, 2023 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $329 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD103 (GN21-X11) | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#4th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 930-1620 MHz (configurable) | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1455-2040 MHz (configurable) | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 9728 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 304 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 76 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 76 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 163-228 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 442-620 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 80-175 W (configurable) | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 379 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 45.9 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.11 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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