Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a168
1080p Ultran/a141
1440p Ultran/a108
4K Ultran/a63
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1285417662
Solar Bayn/a85932
Port Royal853911595
Fire Striken/a42429
Night Raidn/a132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur213.4 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark9911052
DirectX 11173 fps207 fps
DirectX 1298 fps100 fps
GPU Compute7598 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a950.5 fps
Car Chasen/a809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a705.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3525.4 fps
ALU 2n/a6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6034.6

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
4088.29
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 890-1410 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 4608 8704
TMUs 144 272
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 36 68
Ray Tracing Cores 36 68
Tensor Cores 144 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 68-121 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 50-125 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 128 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

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