GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile
CORE STATE
GB203
VRAM
24 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1515 MHz
TDP
95 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Blackwell 2.0
PROCESS
5 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2025
VS
GEFORCE
PG506-232
CORE STATE
GA100
VRAM
24 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1440 MHz
TDP
165 W
BUS WIDTH
3072 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
7 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
Analysis: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs NVIDIA PG506-232
GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce NVIDIA PG506-232 provide almost identical graphics scores in our direct test. The score differences between both GPUs usually fall inside testing variance, making either a good selection. The equivalence positions the selection multifaceted. Alternative elements get increasingly critical. Price typically sways the scales.
At the end of the day, builders might select based on price rather than absolute frame rates alone. Both GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce NVIDIA PG506-232 offer solid rendering performance for their respective segments. The choice depends on individual requirements. Any selection is solid. Users couldn't go wrong between them.
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RTX 5090 Mobile
PG506-232
Core Specs
Shading Units
10,496
3,584
-65.9%
Shaders
10,496
3,584
-65.9%
TMUs
328
224
-31.7%
ROPs
112
96
-14.3%
SM Count
82
56
-31.7%
Clocks
Base Clock
990 MHz
930 MHz
Boost Clock
1515 MHz
1440 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
28 Gbps effective
1215 MHz
2.4 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
24 GB
24 GB
VRAM (MB)
24,576
24,576
0.0%
Memory Type
GDDR7
HBM2
Memory Bus
256 bit
3072 bit
Bandwidth
896.0 GB/s
933.1 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
192 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
64 MB
24 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
169.7 GPixel/s
138.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
496.9 GTexel/s
322.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
31.80 TFLOPS
10.32 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
496.9 GFLOPS (1:64)
5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
31.80 TFLOPS (1:1)
10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
82
—
Tensor Cores
328
224
-31.7%
Power
TDP
95 W
165 W
TDP (W)
95
165
+73.7%
Suggested PSU
—
450 W
Power Connectors
None
8-pin EPS
Architecture
Architecture
Blackwell 2.0
Ampere
GPU Name
GB203
GA100
Generation
GeForce 50 Mobile
Server Ampere
(Axx)
Process Size
5 nm
7 nm
Transistors
45,600 million
54,200 million
Die Size
378 mm²
826 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
120.6M / mm²
65.6M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
—
OpenGL
4.6
—
Vulkan
1.4
—
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
12.0
8.0
Shader Model
6.8
—
Physical
Slot Width
IGP
Dual-slot
Length
—
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
—
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Production
Active
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 40 Mobile
Tesla Turing
Successor
—
Server Ada