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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

60 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
27 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High18660
1080p Ultra15847
1440p Ultra12432
4K Ultra7316
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy217944880
Solar Bay9288821611
Port Royal14027552
Fire Strike4688512529
Night Raid17596353232
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur194.4 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark1139486
DirectX 11254 fps73 fps
DirectX 12116 fps46 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a360.1 fps
Car Chasen/a318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a261.5 fps
T-Rexn/a1272.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a257.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1731.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10192n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)23343n/a
Horizon Detection31132n/a
Face Detection (HP)46322n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)134037n/a
Text Classification (SP)3319n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4696n/a
Object Detection (SP)13038n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)52089n/a
Style Transfer (SP)248270n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 7680 2048
TMUs 240 64
ROPs 96 40
Execution Units 60 16
Ray Tracing Cores 60 16
Tensor Cores 240 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 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 5080 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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