Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
132
86
75
52
The Witcher 3
195
162
116
61
155
126
91
49
Counter-Strike 2
275
206
150
83
226
167
124
66
Far Cry 6
150
136
114
71
114
104
86
46
Hogwarts Legacy
119
96
76
41
89
71
56
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
153
147
108
72
109
99
69
44
Ghost of Tsushima
109
90
72
43
81
68
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
133
121
80
36
92
84
51
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
207
196
151
81
140
134
95
54
Avg FPS
1080p High168126
1080p Ultra141104
1440p Ultra10877
4K Ultra6344
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
Time Spy1766212006
Solar Bay8593250424
Port Royal115957203
Fire Strike4242929079
Night Raid13228881866
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
Background Blur217.3 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection141.9 frames/s123.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.19 Gpix/sec5.78 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection11 Gpix/sec8.03 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.43 Gpix/sec6.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.29 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching780.7 Gpix/sec543.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22538.5 fps17774.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
G2D Mark1052638
DirectX 11207 fps146 fps
DirectX 12100 fps73 fps
GPU Compute14559 Ops/s7335 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
139.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)950.5 fps710.4 fps
Car Chase809.5 fps610.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)705.4 fps516.4 fps
T-Rex3525.4 fps2609 fps
ALU 26005.6 fps3715.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fps253.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6034.63938

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 1, 2020 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ampere Ampere
Codename GA102 GA104 (GN20-E7)
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1440 MHz 780-1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1245-1710 MHz
Shader Units 8704 6144
TMUs 272 192
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units 68 48
Ray Tracing Cores 68 48
Tensor Cores 272 192
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 164 Gpix/sec 120-164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 465 GTex/s 239-328 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 320 W 80-165 W
Process Samsung Samsung
Process tech. 8 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 320 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 10 GB 8-16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
448 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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