Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
132
86
75
52
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
155
126
91
49
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
226
167
124
66
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
114
104
86
46
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
89
71
56
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
109
99
69
44
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
81
68
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
92
84
51
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
140
134
95
54
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a126
1080p Ultran/a104
1440p Ultran/a77
4K Ultran/a44
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
Time Spy1285412006
Solar Bayn/a50424
Port Royal85397203
Fire Striken/a29079
Night Raidn/a81866
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
Background Blur213.4 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s123.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec5.78 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec8.03 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec6.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec543.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps17774.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
G2D Mark991638
DirectX 11173 fps146 fps
DirectX 1298 fps73 fps
GPU Compute7598 Ops/s7335 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
139.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a710.4 fps
Car Chasen/a610.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a516.4 fps
T-Rexn/a2609 fps
ALU 2n/a3715.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a253.4 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3938

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA104 (GN20-E7)

GPU

GPU Frequency 890-1410 MHz 780-1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 MHz 1245-1710 MHz
Shader Units 4608 6144
TMUs 144 192
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 36 48
Ray Tracing Cores 36 48
Tensor Cores 144 192
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 68-121 Gpix/sec 120-164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 239-328 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 50-125 W 80-165 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8-16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

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