RTX 3070 Mobile vs GTX 1080 Max-Q

Combined performance score

GTX 1080 Max-Q
26.34

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 41% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking187119
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money14.28no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameN17E-G3 Max-QGN20-E5 GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2017 (6 years old)4 January 2021 (3 years old)
Current price$1008 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25605120
Core clock speed1101 - 1290 MHz780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1278 - 1468 MHz1290 - 1620 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 - 110 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate234.9287.0
Floating-point performance7,516 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.3 GB/s320.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.18.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 1080 Max-Q 26.34
RTX 3070 Mobile 37.07
+40.7%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 41% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 10207
RTX 3070 Mobile 14364
+40.7%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 41% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 39562
RTX 3070 Mobile 77148
+95%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 95% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 23540
RTX 3070 Mobile 33996
+44.4%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 44% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 18192
RTX 3070 Mobile 25478
+40.1%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 40% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 114542
RTX 3070 Mobile 136558
+19.2%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 19% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 387951
RTX 3070 Mobile 510435
+31.6%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 1080 Max-Q by 32% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD101
−15.8%
117
+15.8%
1440p66
−16.7%
77
+16.7%
4K50
+2%
49
−2%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−177%
119
+177%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 78
+16.4%
65−70
−16.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
−97.8%
91
+97.8%
Battlefield 5 133
+22%
100−110
−22%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
−44.3%
100−110
+44.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−149%
107
+149%
Far Cry 5 91
−30.8%
119
+30.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 84
−33.3%
112
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 124
−52.4%
189
+52.4%
Hitman 3 80−85
−85%
148
+85%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−66.1%
93
+66.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−151%
108
+151%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 93
−50.5%
140
+50.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 66
−34.8%
89
+34.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 71
+6%
65−70
−6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
−65.2%
76
+65.2%
Battlefield 5 121
−10.7%
134
+10.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
−44.3%
100−110
+44.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−105%
88
+105%
Far Cry 5 89
−28.1%
114
+28.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 81
−33.3%
108
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 122
−54.1%
188
+54.1%
Hitman 3 80−85
−72.5%
138
+72.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 31
−171%
84
+171%
Metro Exodus 64
−51.6%
97
+51.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16
−313%
66
+313%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 83
−45.8%
121
+45.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 118
−44.1%
170
+44.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−27.1%
75
+27.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 54
−24.1%
65−70
+24.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
−47.8%
68
+47.8%
Battlefield 5 108
−16.7%
126
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−72.1%
74
+72.1%
Far Cry 5 85
−25.9%
107
+25.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 70
−37.1%
96
+37.1%
Forza Horizon 4 106
−57.5%
167
+57.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
−46.9%
94
+46.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 48
−25%
60
+25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−48.8%
60−65
+48.8%
Hitman 3 45−50
−118%
98
+118%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−80%
63
+80%
Metro Exodus 37
−59.5%
59
+59.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20−22
−90%
38
+90%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45
−97.8%
89
+97.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
+7.5%
40−45
−7.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−96.3%
53
+96.3%
Battlefield 5 82
−24.4%
102
+24.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−176%
47
+176%
Far Cry 5 66
−37.9%
91
+37.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 67
−35.8%
91
+35.8%
Forza Horizon 4 84
−66.7%
140
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−62.5%
50−55
+62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−162%
55
+162%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−57.1%
30−35
+57.1%
Hitman 3 24−27
−48%
35−40
+48%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+0%
17
+0%
Metro Exodus 23
−60.9%
37
+60.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−71.4%
24
+71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
−77.8%
48
+77.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
−42.2%
64
+42.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 26
+4%
24−27
−4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−120%
33
+120%
Battlefield 5 45
−40%
63
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−214%
22
+214%
Far Cry 5 34
−50%
51
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
−52.6%
58
+52.6%
Forza Horizon 4 55
−69.1%
93
+69.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−125%
27
+125%

This is how GTX 1080 Max-Q and RTX 3070 Mobile compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 15.8% faster than GTX 1080 Max-Q

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 16.7% faster than GTX 1080 Max-Q

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1080 Max-Q is 2% faster than RTX 3070 Mobile

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1080 Max-Q is 22% faster than the RTX 3070 Mobile.
  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 313% faster than the GTX 1080 Max-Q.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Max-Q is ahead in 5 tests (7%)
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (91%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 26.34 37.07
Recency 30 May 2017 4 January 2021
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 125 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q in performance tests.


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