GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs GTX 780

Place in performance ranking	247	88
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.06	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK110	GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data
Current price	$100 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores	2304	6144
CUDA cores	2304	no data
Core clock speed	863 MHz	780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion/sec	296.6
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 780 and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 size	no data	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data
PhysX	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

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 780 20.73

RTX 3080 Mobile 41.33
+99.4%

RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms GTX 780 by 99% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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 780 10460

RTX 3080 Mobile 27194
+160%

RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms GTX 780 by 160% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD	54 −120%	119 +120%
1440p	35−40 −120%	77 +120%
4K	24−27 −100%	48 +100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

134

−94%

260−270
+94%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	122 −96.7%	240−250 +96.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	96 −97.9%	190−200 +97.9%
Battlefield 5	130−140 −95.5%	260−270 +95.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 −92.8%	160−170 +92.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	117 −96.6%	230−240 +96.6%
Far Cry 5	85−90 −93.2%	170−180 +93.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −96.1%	200−210 +96.1%
Forza Horizon 4	194 −80.4%	350−400 +80.4%
Hitman 3	130 −92.3%	250−260 +92.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220 −81.8%	400−450 +81.8%
Metro Exodus	110−120 −98.3%	230−240 +98.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 −93.9%	190−200 +93.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	261 −91.6%	500−550 +91.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110 −90.9%	210−220 +90.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	106 −98.1%	210−220 +98.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 −89.9%	150−160 +89.9%
Battlefield 5	130−140 −95.5%	260−270 +95.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 −92.8%	160−170 +92.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	99 −91.9%	190−200 +91.9%
Far Cry 5	85−90 −93.2%	170−180 +93.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −96.1%	200−210 +96.1%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 −94.8%	300−310 +94.8%
Hitman 3	104 −92.3%	200−210 +92.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −78.6%	300−310 +78.6%
Metro Exodus	126 −98.4%	250−260 +98.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 −90%	190−200 +90%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	213 −87.8%	400−450 +87.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	191 −83.2%	350−400 +83.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	227 −98.2%	450−500 +98.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75 −86.7%	140−150 +86.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	69 −88.4%	130−140 +88.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 −92.8%	160−170 +92.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	90 −88.9%	170−180 +88.9%
Far Cry 5	85−90 −93.2%	170−180 +93.2%
Forza Horizon 4	157 −91.1%	300−310 +91.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	155 −93.5%	300−310 +93.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	185 −89.2%	350−400 +89.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	106 −98.1%	210−220 +98.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	74 −89.2%	140−150 +89.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95
−89.5%

180−190

+89.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 −87.5%	150−160 +87.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	129 −93.8%	250−260 +93.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 −93.5%	120−130 +93.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	54 −85.2%	100−105 +85.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70 −85.7%	130−140 +85.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −91.2%	65−70 +91.2%
Far Cry 5	102 −96.1%	200−210 +96.1%
Forza Horizon 4	130 −92.3%	250−260 +92.3%
Hitman 3	76 −97.4%	150−160 +97.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 −98.3%	240−250 +98.3%
Metro Exodus	90 −88.9%	170−180 +88.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	141 −98.6%	280−290 +98.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	79 −89.9%	150−160 +89.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	56 −96.4%	110−120 +96.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

83
−92.8%

160−170

+92.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 −90.5%	80−85 +90.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −85.7%	65−70 +85.7%
Hitman 3	47 −91.5%	90−95 +91.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	66 −97%	130−140 +97%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	49 −93.9%	95−100 +93.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70 −85.7%	130−140 +85.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43 −97.7%	85−90 +97.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	36 −94.4%	70−75 +94.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −85.2%	50−55 +85.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −80%	27−30 +80%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −87.5%	45−50 +87.5%
Forza Horizon 4	87 −95.4%	170−180 +95.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	69 −88.4%	130−140 +88.4%
Metro Exodus	58 −89.7%	110−120 +89.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	33 −97%	65−70 +97%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−95.7%

90−95
+95.7%

This is how GTX 780 and RTX 3080 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 Mobile is 120% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 Mobile is 120% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 Mobile is 100% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.73	41.33
Recency	23 May 2013	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt