RTX 5090 vs RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 5090 is 340 % stronger than RTX 4070 Laptop GPU. RTX 5090 ranks #1 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (28,359 GPU score over 5 verified runs). RTX 4070 Laptop GPU ranks #15 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (6,445 GPU score over 6 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 11 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 5090 | RTX 4070 Laptop GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 28,359 | 6,445 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 21,848 | 7,938 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 132.6 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 171.1 FPS | 32.8 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 112.4 FPS | 32.4 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 112.8 FPS | 82.8 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 662 GB/s | 81 GB/s |
| VRAM | 31 GB | 8 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
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