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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
177
117
109
80
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
198
164
117
63
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
274
206
149
81
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
151
139
118
74
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
122
98
78
44
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
161
151
113
75
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
109
91
75
43
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
136
122
81
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
218
203
156
84
Avg FPS
1080p High186172
1080p Ultra158143
1440p Ultra124111
4K Ultra7364
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
19053
Time Spy2179418871
Solar Bay9288885594
Port Royal1402711826
Fire Strike4688541295
Night Raid175963148912
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
170767
Background Blur194.4 frames/s328.9 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s192.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec6.51 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec9.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec660.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps20765.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
24961
G2D Mark1139929
DirectX 11254 fps246 fps
DirectX 12116 fps96 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s11246 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
213.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1101.6 fps
Car Chasen/a936.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a792.3 fps
T-Rexn/a4060.5 fps
ALU 2n/a6712.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a289.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a7042.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 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 4080 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 8, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD104 (GN21-X9)

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1290-1860 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1665-2280 MHz
Shader Units 7680 7424
TMUs 240 232
ROPs 96 80
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 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 133-182 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 386-529 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 24.7-33.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 60-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 295 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 35.8 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 121.36 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
432 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

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