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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

60 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
41 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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 3060 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High186126
1080p Ultra158103
1440p Ultra12477
4K Ultra7344
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy2179411708
Solar Bay9288854344
Port Royal140276969
Fire Strike4688529561
Night Raid175963109366
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur194.4 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1139988
DirectX 11254 fps163 fps
DirectX 12116 fps79 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a733.4 fps
Car Chasen/a614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a523.6 fps
T-Rexn/a2676.1 fps
ALU 2n/a3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3670
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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 3060 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA104
Price n/a 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 7680 4864
TMUs 240 152
ROPs 96 80
Execution Units 60 38
Ray Tracing Cores 60 38
Tensor Cores 240 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
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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