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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
29 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
vs
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
84
47
41
25
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
75
59
40
21
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
123
87
61
27
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
65
60
45
20
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
40
34
27
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
53
45
31
20
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
39
28
22
11
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
41
39
21
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
71
68
44
22
Avg FPS
1080p High23866
1080p Ultra20352
1440p Ultra16337
4K Ultra9719
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
5608
Time Spy330575368
Solar Bay15490824168
Port Royal23163571
Fire Strike7499413483
Night Raid20040955763
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
65121
Background Blur319.6 frames/s107.9 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s62.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec2.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec3.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec275.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps8303.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
10120
G2D Mark1396497
DirectX 11322 fps76 fps
DirectX 12148 fps49 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s4323 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
66 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps362.7 fps
Car Chasen/a340.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a277 fps
T-Rexn/a1375.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1870.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a256.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2008
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA107 (GN20-P1)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 735-1463 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1035-1695 MHz
Shader Units 10752 2560
TMUs 336 80
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 84 20
Ray Tracing Cores 84 20
Tensor Cores 336 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 50-81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 83-136 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 5.3-8.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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