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

60 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop. 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 3080 Ti 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 3080 Ti Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
144
90
79
59
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
161
133
99
51
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
230
182
128
73
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
122
111
91
50
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
91
76
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
117
106
77
48
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
87
71
52
29
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
99
89
57
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
151
137
102
54
Avg FPS
1080p High186134
1080p Ultra158111
1440p Ultra12483
4K Ultra7347
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
12776
Time Spy2179412897
Solar Bay9288857401
Port Royal140278081
Fire Strike4688530959
Night Raid17596397085
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
133659
Background Blur194.4 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s131.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec6.49 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec8.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec6.34 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec571 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps17240.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
19462
G2D Mark1139830
DirectX 11254 fps165 fps
DirectX 12116 fps89 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s8588 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
151.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a753.9 fps
Car Chasen/a655.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a548.9 fps
T-Rexn/a2599 fps
ALU 2n/a4030.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a264.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4095.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA103 (GN20-E8)

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 585-1230 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1125-1590 MHz
Shader Units 7680 7424
TMUs 240 232
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units 60 58
Ray Tracing Cores 60 58
Tensor Cores 240 232
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 108-153 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 261-369 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 16.7-23.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 496 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 22 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
512 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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