[Comparison] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) vs RTX 3070 (130W) – weirdly or not, the RTX 3070 is 7% faster

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) vs RTX 3070 (130W) - weirdly or not, the RTX 3070 is 7% faster

From: Severin Kolakov 02 February 2021 / 05:12 0

Mobile RTX 3000-series graphics cards are finally here, and while we have tested them against the older GPUs, it’s time we put them directly against each other to see how big the gap between them is and which one is the best when it comes to price/performance. For today we have the best of the bunch, the RTX 3080 (Laptop, 95W) and the RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W).

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You can find more information about both GPUs here: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 95W) / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)

Specs table

	RTX 3080 (Laptop, 95W)	RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Lithography	8 nm	8 nm
Base / Max Frequency	1110MHz / 1545MHz	1110MHz / 1560MHz
Memory Type	GDDR6-1500MHz	GDDR6-1750MHz
Memory capacity	up to 16GB	8GB
Cores	6144	5120
Power Consumption	95W	130W
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/sec	384 GB/sec

GPU benchmarks

In 3DMark Fire Strike, the RTX 3070 actually performed better, having a 7.2% higher score. This is a result of the higher power consumption of the RTX 3070, plus the higher core and memory clock speeds. Otherwise, the RTX 3080 should be the better card.

3DMark Time Spy (G)

The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 95W) MSI GS66 Stealth

9612

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W) ASUS ROG Strix G17 (G713QR-HG022)

10490

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from 3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 95W) MSI GS66 Stealth

24779

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W) ASUS ROG Strix G17 (G713QR-HG022)

26570

Conclusion

While the results that we got were not what we expected, we have to share them with you. The RTX 3070 scored higher in 3DMark Fire Strike by 7%, which will be confusing to a lot of users since the RTX 3080 sounds like it should be the better GPU. After all, it has more cores and similar although lower memory and core clock speeds. The higher power consumption plays a big role in enabling the card to reach those speeds faster and more often.