Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
103
60
52
31
123
79
68
45
The Witcher 3
106
85
61
34
141
112
83
46
Counter-Strike 2
158
114
83
41
201
153
112
54
Far Cry 6
86
72
58
27
106
92
76
39
Hogwarts Legacy
56
49
32
18
76
63
46
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
67
61
41
27
96
86
60
40
Ghost of Tsushima
52
40
29
15
71
59
44
25
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
31
14
84
72
45
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
91
85
59
29
125
115
83
45
Avg FPS
1080p High86114
1080p Ultra6992
1440p Ultra5069
4K Ultra2638
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
10202
Time Spy759210479
Solar Bay1966845677
Port Royal16686250
Fire Strike2275526767
Night Raid8211983274
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
118499
Background Blur152.4 frames/s170.3 frames/s
Face Detection71.6 frames/s113.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.73 Gpix/sec5.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.15 Gpix/sec7.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.03 Gpix/sec6.19 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.32 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching238.9 Gpix/sec467 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6716.4 fps15131.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
15373
G2D Mark887644
DirectX 11124 fps138 fps
DirectX 1254 fps64 fps
GPU Compute7632 Ops/s6902 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
121.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)492.8 fps644.4 fps
Car Chase442.5 fps565.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)409.2 fps483.8 fps
T-Rex2270.6 fps2380.5 fps
ALU 22401.8 fps3169.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2275.7 fps246.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2884.43511.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 27, 2016 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Pascal Ampere
Codename GP104 GA104 (GN20-E5)
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 780-1215 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1733 MHz 1290-1620 MHz
Shader Units 2560 5120
TMUs 160 160
ROPs 64 80
Execution Units 20 40
Ray Tracing Cores No 40
Tensor Cores No 160
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 111 Gpix/sec 103-130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 277 GTex/s 206-259 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 13.2-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 80-150 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 16 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1251 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 10000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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