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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

60 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
77 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. 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 4080
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 4080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High186220
1080p Ultra158186
1440p Ultra124148
4K Ultra7387
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy2179428170
Solar Bay92888136727
Port Royal1402717959
Fire Strike4688564703
Night Raid175963183971
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur194.4 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark11391236
DirectX 11254 fps316 fps
DirectX 12116 fps131 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1476.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1062.9 fps
T-Rexn/a5492.1 fps
ALU 2n/a9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a291.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a9274.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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 4080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD103
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 7680 9728
TMUs 240 304
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units 60 76
Ray Tracing Cores 60 76
Tensor Cores 240 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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