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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

60 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
45 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. 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 3070
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 3070

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High186141
1080p Ultra158119
1440p Ultra12488
4K Ultra7351
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy2179413641
Solar Bay9288864184
Port Royal140278309
Fire Strike4688534034
Night Raid175963120956
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur194.4 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark1139998
DirectX 11254 fps181 fps
DirectX 12116 fps85 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a856 fps
Car Chasen/a668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a592.9 fps
T-Rexn/a3078.4 fps
ALU 2n/a4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4563.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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 3070
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 22, 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 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 7680 5888
TMUs 240 184
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units 60 46
Ray Tracing Cores 60 46
Tensor Cores 240 184
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 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 220 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 3070
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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