- Nvidia’s RTX 5090 notebook GPU shows inconsistent Geekbench 6 performance results
- Fails to score higher than RTX 4080 or 4090 portable GPUs in Vulkan
- It is not launched yet and there are no official drivers available
CES 2025 finally gave us a look at Nvidia’s new RTX 5000 series of graphics cards, and the flagship RTX 5090 GPU’s performance against the last-gen RTX 4090 – but early benchmarks for its portable GPU don’t look very promising.
This comes from BenchLeaks on X, which claims to have leaked Geekbench 6 scores of Nvidia’s RTX 5090 portable GPU using Vulkan (graphics API used in lots of games), with its highest score being 114,821. Tom’s Hardware featured this as the fourth benchmark among five different tests, with the lowest score being 51,831 and the final test scoring 77,989.
Each benchmark score points to wildly inconsistent performance for Team Green’s flagship portable GPU, which scored no higher than the RTX 4080’s 145,067 and RTX 4090’s 167,655 Geekbench scores in Vulkan (both of which are for portable versions of these GPUs). While these results may be cause for concern, it is far too early to draw any conclusions.
Should we be concerned about these early benchmarks?
While these tests are almost certainly not good to see, it’s definitely not a reason to panic. Apart from the fact that these benchmarks are not official but are claimed to be leaked, the RTX 5000 series is not even officially launched yet (RTX 5090 will be available at the end of the month), which means the necessary drivers and optimizations are not done yet.
It’s also important to note that in-game benchmarks are what matter most – while Geekbench 6 can be accurate in measuring the performance of a GPU, scores will never be the same, as each test will often vary drastically or closely . Despite the inconsistent results here, we should wait to see how the portable RTX 5090 GPU performs across multiple games once Nvidia makes the necessary adjustments and official drivers have been released.
We should get both the desktop RTX 5090, along with gaming laptops with the mobile version, for review, so be sure to check out our full reviews when they go live for reliable and independent verdicts on how good (or not) these new GPUs are. is from Nvidia it really is.
