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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070
vs
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
132
86
75
52
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
155
126
91
49
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
226
167
124
66
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
114
104
86
46
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
89
71
56
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
109
99
69
44
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
81
68
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
92
84
51
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
140
134
95
54
Avg FPS
1080p High189126
1080p Ultra162104
1440p Ultra12677
4K Ultra7544
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
Time Spy2261312006
Solar Bay10376850424
Port Royal143127203
Fire Strike5779329079
Night Raid17298681866
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
Background Blur254.4 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s123.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec5.78 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec8.03 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec6.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec543.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps17774.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
G2D Mark1297638
DirectX 11277 fps146 fps
DirectX 12108 fps73 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s7335 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
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 PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB205-300 GA104 (GN20-E7)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 780-1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1245-1710 MHz
Shader Units 6144 6144
TMUs 192 192
ROPs 80 96
Execution Units 48 48
Ray Tracing Cores 48 48
Tensor Cores 192 192
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 120-164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 239-328 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 80-165 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8-16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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