NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor released on January 12, 2021, built on the Ampere architecture. It has 8 GB of video memory and a 115 W board power rating. It scores 16,079 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.
Depth: 31 recorded fields, 12 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU scores 16,079 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 94.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #154), measured across 3,578 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 626.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 170 fps, DirectX 10 116 fps, DirectX 11 145 fps, DirectX 12 71 fps and GPU Compute 7,033 ops/s, across 3,578 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU states the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 1100 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2021-01-17. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU is based on the Ampere architecture and uses the GA104-775 (GN20-E7) graphics processor.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU is equipped with 8 GB of memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 115 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU was released on January 12, 2021.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.
Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU.
Features
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU has 3 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Rendering
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Supported: Hardware ray tracing 2nd GenerationDedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.
Not listed (3)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, NVIDIA DLSS and Vulkan ray tracing. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU supports Hardware ray tracing (2nd Generation) under Rendering.
Compute and AI
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Supported: CUDA Compute capability 8.6Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
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Supported: Tensor cores 3rd GenerationNVIDIA's dedicated matrix-math units used for AI workloads such as DLSS and machine-learning inference.
Not listed (1)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU supports NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU supports CUDA (Compute capability 8.6) and Tensor cores (3rd Generation) under Compute and AI.
Media engine
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported4:4:4: Yes | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes | Supported4:4:4: Yes |
| AV1 | Not supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 1).
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU have?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU has 8 GB of video memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 115 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU scores 16,079 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 94.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #154. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 71 fps.
Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU support ray tracing?
Yes. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU has hardware ray tracing (2nd Generation).
Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU support AV1 encoding?
No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, although it can decode AV1 in hardware.
What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU has CUDA compute capability 8.6.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU use?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU connects over PCIe 4.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU released?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU was released on January 12, 2021.