GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs GT 525M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 525M and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 525M
2011
1 GB DDR3, 23 Watt
1.19

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms GT 525M by a whopping 5934% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking105118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.7343.17
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF108AD103
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores969728
Core clock speed475 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors585 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate7.600515.3
Floating-point processing power0.1824 TFLOPS32.98 TFLOPS
ROPs4112
TMUs16304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 525M 1.19
RTX 4090 Mobile 71.80
+5934%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 525M 459
RTX 4090 Mobile 27706
+5936%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 525M 3840
RTX 4090 Mobile 113387
+2853%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 525M 799
RTX 4090 Mobile 64952
+8029%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 525M 630
RTX 4090 Mobile 46191
+7232%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p13
−5669%
750−800
+5669%
Full HD19
−837%
178
+837%
1440p2−3
−6700%
136
+6700%
4K1−2
−8200%
83
+8200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5100%
156
+5100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−2180%
110−120
+2180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2525%
100−110
+2525%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−4633%
142
+4633%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−10500%
100−110
+10500%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−4300%
130−140
+4300%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−21900%
220−230
+21900%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2700%
168
+2700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1400%
210−220
+1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5450%
110−120
+5450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−2600%
210−220
+2600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−353%
140−150
+353%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−2180%
110−120
+2180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2525%
100−110
+2525%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−4433%
136
+4433%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−10500%
100−110
+10500%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−4300%
130−140
+4300%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−21900%
220−230
+21900%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2683%
167
+2683%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1400%
210−220
+1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5450%
110−120
+5450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−4738%
387
+4738%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−927%
110−120
+927%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−353%
140−150
+353%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−2180%
110−120
+2180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2525%
100−110
+2525%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−4067%
125
+4067%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−10500%
100−110
+10500%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−21900%
220−230
+21900%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2433%
152
+2433%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−2079%
305
+2079%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−4525%
370
+4525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−1755%
204
+1755%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−275%
120
+275%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5450%
110−120
+5450%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−11300%
110−120
+11300%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−6100%
60−65
+6100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 65−70
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−9400%
95
+9400%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−6300%
60−65
+6300%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1871%
138
+1871%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−6225%
253
+6225%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 164
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−4400%
220−230
+4400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2250%
90−95
+2250%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 50−55

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−4000%
40−45
+4000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−7700%
78
+7700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 35−40
Far Cry 5 0−1 35−40

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2550%
50−55
+2550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Battlefield 5 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 187
+0%
187
+0%
Battlefield 5 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 161
+0%
161
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 128
+0%
128
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Metro Exodus 128
+0%
128
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 294
+0%
294
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Hitman 3 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65
+0%
65
+0%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150
+0%
150
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 48
+0%
48
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 156
+0%
156
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 69
+0%
69
+0%

This is how GT 525M and RTX 4090 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 5669% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 837% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 6700% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 8200% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4090 Mobile is 21900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 Mobile is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.19 71.80
Recency 5 January 2011 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 120 Watt

GT 525M has 421.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 5933.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 525M in performance tests.


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