Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High238132
1080p Ultra203109
1440p Ultra16381
4K Ultra9746
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy3305712514
Solar Bay15490854416
Port Royal231637379
Fire Strike7499429944
Night Raid200409113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur319.6 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark1396759
DirectX 11322 fps179 fps
DirectX 12148 fps85 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps799.4 fps
Car Chasen/a702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a560.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3084 fps
ALU 2n/a4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)154418642
Image Segmentation (HP)4717320635
Horizon Detection4322326378
Face Detection (HP)9286339776
Pose Estimation (Q)202202105983
Text Classification (SP)37012995
Machine Translation (HP)79054507
Object Detection (SP)2095510198
Depth Estimation (Q)6906841078
Style Transfer (SP)349205190315
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD106 (GN21-X6)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 10752 4608
TMUs 336 144
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 84 36
Ray Tracing Cores 84 36
Tensor Cores 336 144
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 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 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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