GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs RTX 5070

We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile 16 GB with 60 pipelines and 7680 shaders against the RTX RTX 5070 12 GB that utilizes 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 5070 over RTX 5080 Mobile
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
  • 20% higher maximum theoretical performance (37 vs 30.9 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Has 33% higher memory bandwidth: 896 vs 672 GB/s
  • Has 25% more shading units (7680 vs 6144)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
196
136
125
93
197
140
130
97
The Witcher 3
216
177
134
69
216
183
131
71
Counter-Strike 2
279
214
156
82
293
210
160
81
Far Cry 6
156
146
128
78
164
145
128
82
Hogwarts Legacy
135
113
89
49
140
117
92
51
CoD: Modern Warfare III
176
165
132
86
178
171
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
89
52
123
107
89
58
Cyberpunk 2077
155
138
96
46
164
144
99
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
247
239
183
98
253
238
189
98
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 187 192
1080p Ultra 159 162
1440p Ultra 126 128
4K Ultra 73 74
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 5070 +3%
23223
Time Spy 22033 22708
Solar Bay 99471 107004
Port Royal 14223 14498
Fire Strike 47380 58324
Wild Life Extreme 41208 43879
Night Raid 172035 172064
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
190967
Background Blur 194.4 img/sec 254.4 img/sec
Face Detection 165.6 img/sec 180.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 8.61 Gpixels/sec 7.91 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 12.2 Gpixels/sec 10.2 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 11.5 Gpixels/sec 10.7 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.7 Gpixels/sec 1.84 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 1060 Gpixels/sec 975.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 27590.4 FPS 27816.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 5070 +9%
28659
G2D Mark 1087 1291
DirectX 11 255 FPS 280 FPS
DirectX 12 115 FPS 106 FPS
GPU Compute 10276 Ops/s 14310 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]2125 & 21814 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
6628.49
6115.28
Sources: Blender [9], [10]555 & 1836 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-14 (Vasujen07)GeekBench237804
GeForce RTX 5070
No benchmark results yet

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 5070 +18%
30221
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5070 +25%
53037
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 5070 +19%
23474
Image Classification (SP) 10192 12270
Image Segmentation (HP) 23343 30237
Image Super Resolution (Q) 31132 35585
Face Detection (HP) 46322 62662
Pose Estimation (Q) 134037 145190
Text Classification (SP) 3319 4198
Machine Translation (HP) 4696 6233
Object Detection (SP) 13038 16709
Depth Estimation (Q) 52089 58300
Style Transfer (SP) 248270 246598
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and RTX 5070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
Launch price (MSRP) - $549
Case Laptop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
GPU Codename GB203-400 GB205-300
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon RX 9070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above
Laptop GPU ranking (#3rd place)
Desktop GPU rating (#21st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 975 MHz 2160 MHz
Boost Clock 1500-2410 MHz (configurable) 2512 MHz
Shading Units 7680 6144
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 240 192
Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 80
Compute Units (Pipelines) 60 48
Tensor Cores 240 192
Ray-tracing Cores 60 48
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 48MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 GPixel/s 201 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTexel/s 482 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
23-37 TFLOPS
30.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W (configurable) 250 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Die Size 378 mm² 263 mm²
Transistor Count 45.6 billion 31.1 billion
Transistor Density 120.63 MTr/mm² 118.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 28000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
896 GB/s
672 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 10.1 12.0
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b

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