GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs RTX 3050 Ti Mobile

Place in the ranking	207	25
Place by popularity	88	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	40.86
Power efficiency	24.26	13.67
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GA106	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)	11 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	8960
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	1035 MHz	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	13,250 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	350 Watt
Texture fill rate	82.80	478.8
Floating-point processing power	5.299 TFLOPS	30.64 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	96
TMUs	80	280
Tensor Cores	80	280
Ray Tracing Cores	20	70

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	285 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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 3050 Ti Mobile 26.29

RTX 3080 12 GB 69.10
+163%

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 3050 Ti Mobile 10141

RTX 3080 12 GB 26656
+163%

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 3050 Ti Mobile 18057

RTX 3080 12 GB 217116
+1102%

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 3050 Ti Mobile 13360

RTX 3080 12 GB 35922
+169%

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 3050 Ti Mobile 72925

RTX 3080 12 GB 549644
+654%

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 3050 Ti Mobile 422757
+832099%

RTX 3080 12 GB 51

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	74 −155%	189 +155%
1440p	44 −177%	122 +177%
4K	27 −222%	87 +222%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	4.23
1440p	no data	6.55
4K	no data	9.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−116%

130−140
+116%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −158%	140−150 +158%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 −107%	120−130 +107%
Battlefield 5	80−85 −170%	220−230 +170%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −133%	110−120 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	59 −127%	130−140 +127%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −102%	110−120 +102%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −160%	160−170 +160%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −62.3%	230−240 +62.3%
Hitman 3	80 −61.3%	120−130 +61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −119%	250−260 +119%
Metro Exodus	143 −8.4%	150−160 +8.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	98 −23.5%	120−130 +23.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 −241%	290−300 +241%
Watch Dogs: Legion	231 +52%	150−160 −52%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −158%	140−150 +158%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35 −254%	120−130 +254%
Battlefield 5	80−85 −170%	220−230 +170%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −133%	110−120 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	45 −198%	130−140 +198%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −102%	110−120 +102%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −160%	160−170 +160%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −62.3%	230−240 +62.3%
Hitman 3	77 −67.5%	120−130 +67.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −119%	250−260 +119%
Metro Exodus	114 −36%	150−160 +36%
Red Dead Redemption 2	78 −55.1%	120−130 +55.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	105 −239%	356 +239%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −174%	140−150 +174%
Watch Dogs: Legion	203 +33.6%	150−160 −33.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −158%	140−150 +158%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	26 −377%	120−130 +377%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −133%	110−120 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 −235%	130−140 +235%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −102%	110−120 +102%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −62.3%	230−240 +62.3%
Hitman 3	67 −92.5%	120−130 +92.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	92 −186%	263 +186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90 −249%	314 +249%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50 −230%	165 +230%
Watch Dogs: Legion	28 −239%	95 +239%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−49.4%

120−130
+49.4%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −251%	160−170 +251%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −189%	110−120 +189%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −212%	80−85 +212%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	26 −238%	85−90 +238%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −189%	80−85 +189%
Cyberpunk 2077	22 −232%	70−75 +232%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −179%	80−85 +179%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −89.5%	270−280 +89.5%
Hitman 3	46 −120%	100−110 +120%
Horizon Zero Dawn	69 −199%	206 +199%
Metro Exodus	60 −93.3%	116 +93.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	61 −287%	236 +287%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −300%	120−130 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	139 −71.9%	230−240 +71.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−104%

110−120
+104%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −248%	85−90 +248%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −263%	65−70 +263%
Hitman 3	20 −290%	78 +290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 −76.6%	220−230 +76.6%
Metro Exodus	47 −132%	100−110 +132%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 −355%	132 +355%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −280%	55−60 +280%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −315%	50−55 +315%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −264%	50−55 +264%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 −240%	30−35 +240%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −250%	110−120 +250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	34 −318%	142 +318%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10 −450%	55 +450%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−155%

70−75
+155%

This is how RTX 3050 Ti Mobile and RTX 3080 12 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 12 GB is 155% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 12 GB is 177% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 12 GB is 222% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 52% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3080 12 GB is 450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
RTX 3080 12 GB is ahead in 70 tests (97%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	26.29	69.10
Recency	11 May 2021	11 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	350 Watt

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile has 366.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 12 GB, on the other hand, has a 162.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.