GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop vs RTX 4080
VS
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
AD104 (GN21-X9)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AD103
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile 12 GB with 58 pipelines and 7424 shaders against the 5 months older RTX RTX 4080 16 GB that utilizes 76 pipelines and 9728 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
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4080
- Performs significantly better (up to 56%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 33% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 148 vs 111 FPS
- 44% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 33.9 TFLOPS)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 66% higher memory bandwidth: 716.8 vs 432 GB/s
- Features 72 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 27% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (217K vs 170K)
- Has 31% more shading units (9728 vs 7424)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 176 118 111 80 |
229 170 154 120 |
| The Witcher 3 | 196 168 117 62 |
245 210 157 81 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 276 204 146 83 |
306 220 168 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 149 138 120 73 |
181 163 143 88 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 122 103 78 42 |
162 136 109 59 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 154 148 114 75 |
217 213 167 111 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 110 90 75 45 |
148 126 109 69 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 138 122 83 38 |
192 177 119 54 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 219 204 152 87 |
290 265 204 107 |
| 1080p High | 171 | 219 |
| 1080p Ultra | 144 | 187 |
| 1440p Ultra | 111 | 148 |
| 4K Ultra | 65 | 86 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 18826 | 28155 |
| Solar Bay | 85393 | 136995 |
| Port Royal | 11838 | 17984 |
| Fire Strike | 41181 | 64637 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 36953 | 59123 |
| Night Raid | 147086 | 185072 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 328.9 img/sec | 250.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 192.3 img/sec | 190 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.51 Gpixels/sec | 9.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.11 Gpixels/sec | 12.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.1 Gpixels/sec | 15.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.56 Gpixels/sec | 1.97 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 660.7 Gpixels/sec | 1130 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 20765.5 FPS | 28795.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 928 | 1250 |
| DirectX 11 | 241 FPS | 313 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 96 FPS | 133 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 10995 Ops/s | 20319 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-05-02 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 267332 |
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 | 13466 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25896 | 34767 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 27816 | 42687 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 51976 | 70927 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 142459 | 239350 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3405 | 3606 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4860 | 6519 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13308 | 18153 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 49203 | 65667 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 262792 | 414848 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop and RTX 4080General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | February 8, 2023 | September 20, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $1199 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD104 (GN21-X9) | AD103 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7900M | - Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop | - GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#10th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#10th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1290-1860 MHz (configurable) | 2205 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1665-2280 MHz (configurable) | 2505 MHz |
| Shading Units | 7424 | 9728 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 232 | 304 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 58 | 76 |
| Tensor Cores | 232 | 304 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 58 | 76 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 64MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 133-182 GPixel/s | 281 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 386-529 GTexel/s | 762 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 60-175 W (configurable) | 320 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 295 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 35.8 billion | 45 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.36 MTr/mm² | 118.73 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 22400 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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