NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU or 3080 Mobile (for laptops, GN20-E7) is the fastest graphics card for notebooks in early 2021. It is based on the GA104-775-A1 Ampere chip and offers 8 or 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a 256 Bit memory bus. It supports PCIe 4.0 and will be available in different variants from 80 - 150 Watt (TGP) (80, 90, 115, 125, 135, 145 and 150+ Watt). As package the notebook graphic card uses GB5-256 and the chip size is 40x40mm. The GPU supports eDP 1.4b to connect the internal monitor.
There is no more Max-Q variant (formerly used for the low power variants) but every OEM can choose to implement Max-Q technologies (Dynamic Boost, Whispermode).
The performance depends on the TGP setting and cooling of the laptop. Ath the same TGP level the RTX3080 should be faster than the old top model, the RTX 2080 Super Mobile and similar to the desktop RTX 3070. This means, the GPU should be well suited for 4k gaming or QHD with high frame rates. The similar named RTX 3080 desktop card is significantly faster.
The GA104 chip offers 6,144 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 3,072 INT32 ALUs). With Turing all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia.
The GA104 chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip).
Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
GeForce RTX 3000 Series | |
Codename | GN20-E7 GA104 |
Architecture | Ampere |
Pipelines | 6144 - unified |
Core Speed | 780 - 1100 - 1245 - 1710 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 14000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 16384 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12_1 |
technology | 8 nm |
Notebook Size | large |
Date of Announcement | 12.01.2021 |
Benchmarks
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 9391 avg: 10472 median: 10777 (61%) max: 11430 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 9439 avg: 10698 median: 10898 (56%) max: 12100 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 40788 avg: 47276 median: 46848.5 (62%) max: 54618 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 8%
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 71670 avg: 97703 median: 84939 (42%) max: 149262 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 20784 avg: 22060 median: 21480 (55%) max: 25362 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 22826 avg: 25987 median: 26486 (52%) max: 28493 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 29192 avg: 29667 median: 29409 (69%) max: 30400 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 37171 avg: 39816 median: 38532 (65%) max: 43744 Points
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 137 avg: 156 median: 152 (43%) max: 184 fps
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
159 Watt (29%)
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
162 Watt (27%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 54%
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 123 avg: 155 median: 157.7 (35%) max: 181.2 Watt
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 1260 avg: 1455 median: 1335 (70%) max: 1770 MHz
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1185 MHz (60%)
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Ray Tracing Ultra Preset (DLSS off) 1920x1080
33.2 fps [X] Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YCIntel Core i9-10980HK 2.4GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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13.1 fps, P0.1:
15.8 fps, P1:
17.9 fps, max:
64.7 fps
30.6 fps [X] Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QAMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 3.3GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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18.5 fps, P0.1:
24.1 fps, P1:
26.2 fps, max:
53.3 fps
Ray Tracing Ultra Preset (DLSS off) 3840x2160
7.5 fps [X] Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YCIntel Core i9-10980HK 2.4GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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4.08 fps, P0.1:
5.71 fps, P1:
6.09 fps, max:
33.9 fps
4.9 fps [X] Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QAMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 3.3GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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2.26 fps, P0.1:
2.46 fps, P1:
3.45 fps, max:
44.3 fps
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Highest Settings + Ultra Ray Tracing 1920x1080
57 fps [X] Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YCIntel Core i9-10980HK 2.4GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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15 fps, P0.1:
16.4 fps, P1:
19.6 fps, max:
184 fps
53.9 fps [X] Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QAMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 3.3GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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26.1 fps, P0.1:
29.7 fps, P1:
32.1 fps, max:
224 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -6%
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -7%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Ultra Preset + Ultra Ray Tracing (DX12) 1920x1080
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -8%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
198 fps [X] Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QAMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 3.3GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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94.9 fps, P0.1:
117 fps, P1:
144 fps, max:
352 fps
246 fps [X] Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YCIntel Core i9-10980HK 2.4GHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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78.4 fps, P0.1:
122 fps, P1:
170 fps, max:
409 fps