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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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 3080 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High186179
1080p Ultra158153
1440p Ultra124119
4K Ultra7370
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy2179419630
Solar Bay9288896489
Port Royal1402713261
Fire Strike4688547892
Night Raid175963143788
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur194.4 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark11391088
DirectX 11254 fps223 fps
DirectX 12116 fps111 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a743.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3834.2 fps
ALU 2n/a6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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 3080 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA102
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 7680 10240
TMUs 240 320
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units 60 80
Ray Tracing Cores 60 80
Tensor Cores 240 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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

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