GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop vs 3080 Ti Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
AD104 (GN21-X9)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
GA103 (GN20-E8)
We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile 12 GB with 58 pipelines and 7424 shaders against the 1 year and 2 months older RTX 3080 Ti Mobile 16 GB that utilizes 58 pipelines and 7424 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 49%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 34% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 111 vs 83 FPS
- 44% higher maximum theoretical performance (33.9 vs 23.6 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 28% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (170K vs 133K)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 176 118 111 80 |
143 91 81 57 |
| The Witcher 3 | 196 168 117 62 |
164 136 98 55 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 276 204 146 83 |
238 181 129 72 |
| Far Cry 6 | 149 138 120 73 |
123 111 88 51 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 122 103 78 42 |
95 75 57 30 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 154 148 114 75 |
116 106 78 49 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 110 90 75 45 |
87 70 56 29 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 138 122 83 38 |
99 90 57 27 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 219 204 152 87 |
150 138 103 57 |
| 1080p High | 171 | 135 |
| 1080p Ultra | 144 | 111 |
| 1440p Ultra | 111 | 83 |
| 4K Ultra | 65 | 47 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 18826 | 12862 |
| Solar Bay | 85393 | 56131 |
| Port Royal | 11838 | 8091 |
| Fire Strike | 41181 | 30852 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 36953 | 26346 |
| Night Raid | 147086 | 98742 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 328.9 img/sec | 200.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 192.3 img/sec | 131.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.51 Gpixels/sec | 6.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.11 Gpixels/sec | 8.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.1 Gpixels/sec | 6.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.56 Gpixels/sec | 1.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 660.7 Gpixels/sec | 571 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 20765.5 FPS | 17240.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 928 | 813 |
| DirectX 11 | 241 FPS | 160 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 96 FPS | 86 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 10995 Ops/s | 8216 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 10385 | 6797 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25896 | 20808 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 27816 | 15194 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 51976 | 37084 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 142459 | 82268 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3405 | 2863 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4860 | 4135 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13308 | 8559 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 49203 | 28330 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 262792 | 184129 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop and 3080 Ti LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | February 8, 2023 | January 1, 2022 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD104 (GN21-X9) | GA103 (GN20-E8) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7900M | - |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop | - GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above | - Intel Core i9 12900H or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (10th and 26th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1290-1860 MHz (configurable) | 585-1230 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1665-2280 MHz (configurable) | 1125-1590 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 7424 | 7424 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 232 | 232 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 58 | 58 |
| Tensor Cores | 232 | 232 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 58 | 58 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 133-182 GPixel/s | 108-153 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 386-529 GTexel/s | 261-369 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 60-175 W (configurable) | 80-175 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 295 mm² | 496 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 35.8 billion | 22 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.36 MTr/mm² | 44.35 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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