Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
168
118
106
78
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
195
162
116
61
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
275
206
150
83
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
150
136
114
71
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
119
96
76
41
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
153
147
108
72
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
109
90
72
43
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
133
121
80
36
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
207
196
151
81
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High16860
1080p Ultra14147
1440p Ultra10832
4K Ultra6316
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy176624880
Solar Bay8593221611
Port Royal11595552
Fire Strike4242912529
Night Raid13228853232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur217.3 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection141.9 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.19 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection11 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.43 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.29 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching780.7 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22538.5 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark1052486
DirectX 11207 fps73 fps
DirectX 12100 fps46 fps
GPU Compute14559 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)950.5 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase809.5 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)705.4 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex3525.4 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 26005.6 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6034.61731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 1, 2020 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ampere
Codename GA102 GA107
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1440 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 8704 2048
TMUs 272 64
ROPs 96 40
Execution Units 68 16
Ray Tracing Cores 68 16
Tensor Cores 272 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 164 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 465 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 320 W 35-95 W
Process Samsung Samsung
Process tech. 8 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 320 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 10 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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