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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
132
86
75
52
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
155
126
91
49
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
226
167
124
66
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
114
104
86
46
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
89
71
56
27
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
109
99
69
44
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
81
68
49
29
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
92
84
51
25
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
140
134
95
54
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High126132
1080p Ultra104109
1440p Ultra7781
4K Ultra4446
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy1200612514
Solar Bay5042454416
Port Royal72037379
Fire Strike2907929944
Night Raid81866113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur211 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection123.6 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.78 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.03 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.25 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.17 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching543.2 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17774.9 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark638759
DirectX 11146 fps179 fps
DirectX 1273 fps85 fps
GPU Compute7335 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
139.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)710.4 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase610.8 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)516.4 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex2609 fps3084 fps
ALU 23715.8 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2253.4 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation39384604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)n/a8642
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a20635
Horizon Detectionn/a26378
Face Detection (HP)n/a39776
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a105983
Text Classification (SP)n/a2995
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4507
Object Detection (SP)n/a10198
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a41078
Style Transfer (SP)n/a190315
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA104 (GN20-E7) AD106 (GN21-X6)

GPU

GPU Frequency 780-1350 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1245-1710 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 6144 4608
TMUs 192 144
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 48 36
Ray Tracing Cores 48 36
Tensor Cores 192 144
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120-164 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 239-328 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-165 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 17.4 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 44.39 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500-1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8-16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

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