NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile sales 12 January 2021. This is a laptop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 8 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 115 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	92
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.49	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GA104
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	6144	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	17,400 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	296.6	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	18.98 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	96	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	192	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	192	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	48	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.2
CUDA	8.6

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3080 Mobile 42.76

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3080 Mobile 16477

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3080 Mobile 37933

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3080 Mobile 78406

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3080 Mobile 27194

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3080 Mobile 107695

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3080 Mobile 544242

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3080 Mobile 10752

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RTX 3080 Mobile 183

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RTX 3080 Mobile 75

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RTX 3080 Mobile 13

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RTX 3080 Mobile 112

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RTX 3080 Mobile 63

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RTX 3080 Mobile 125

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RTX 3080 Mobile 217

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	120
1440p	75
4K	44

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

134

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	122
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	98
Battlefield 5	130−140
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85
Cyberpunk 2077	117
Far Cry 5	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110
Forza Horizon 4	190−200
Hitman 3	130
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180
Metro Exodus	130−140
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	188
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79
Battlefield 5	130−140
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85
Cyberpunk 2077	99
Far Cry 5	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110
Forza Horizon 4	190−200
Hitman 3	117
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180
Metro Exodus	144
Red Dead Redemption 2	96
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	213
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90
Watch Dogs: Legion	227

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	69
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85
Cyberpunk 2077	90
Far Cry 5	85−90
Forza Horizon 4	157
Hitman 3	108
Horizon Zero Dawn	155
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	185
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	106
Watch Dogs: Legion	74

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	230−240
Hitman 3	76
Horizon Zero Dawn	121
Metro Exodus	90
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	141
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	79
Watch Dogs: Legion	177

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Hitman 3	47
Horizon Zero Dawn	33
Metro Exodus	74
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	24−27
Forza Horizon 4	87
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	79
Watch Dogs: Legion	33

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 106.95

Radeon RX 6850M XT 106.27

Radeon RX 6650M XT 103.6

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 100

GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile 98.29

Radeon RX 6800S 94.08

Radeon RX 7700S 92.7

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is Radeon RX 6650M XT, which is faster by 4% and higher by 8 positions in our ranking.