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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop

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

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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
144
90
79
59
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
161
133
99
51
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
230
182
128
73
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
122
111
91
50
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
91
76
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
117
106
77
48
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
87
71
52
29
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
99
89
57
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
151
137
102
54
Avg FPS
1080p High238134
1080p Ultra203111
1440p Ultra16383
4K Ultra9747
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
12776
Time Spy3305712897
Solar Bay15490857401
Port Royal231638081
Fire Strike7499430959
Night Raid20040997085
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
133659
Background Blur319.6 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s131.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec6.49 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec8.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec6.34 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec571 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps17240.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
19462
G2D Mark1396830
DirectX 11322 fps165 fps
DirectX 12148 fps89 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s8588 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
151.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps753.9 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
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4095.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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 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 PC 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 2295 MHz 585-1230 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1125-1590 MHz
Shader Units 10752 7424
TMUs 336 232
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 84 58
Ray Tracing Cores 84 58
Tensor Cores 336 232
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 293 Gpix/sec 108-153 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 261-369 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 16.7-23.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 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 1875 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
512 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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