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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor, built on the Blackwell architecture using a 4 nm process. It has 7,680 shading units, 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, 896.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.50 GHz and a 175 W board power rating. It scores 26,377 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 12.0.

Blackwell4 nmMobile

9/10 key specs recorded · 55 facts

Depth: 45 recorded fields, 13 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 27, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NanoReview (Firecrawl extract) and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NanoReview (Firecrawl extract)NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

7,680cores

60 compute units

Memory

16 GB

GDDR7 · 256-bit

Boost clock

1.50 GHz

975 MHz base

Board power

175 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU scores 26,377 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 98.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #46), measured across 2,314 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 1,088.

PassMark G3D Mark

26,377

Rank #46
Faster than 98.4% of 2,658 GPUs
2,314 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 316 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 97.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 167 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 97.8% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 254 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 97.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 115 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 98.1% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 10,353 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 94.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 316 fps, DirectX 10 167 fps, DirectX 11 254 fps, DirectX 12 115 fps and GPU Compute 10,353 ops/s, across 2,314 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16

Max memory 16 GB

Core clock 975 MHz

Memory clock 1750 MHz

DirectX 12_2

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 150 W

First benchmarked 2025-03-31

Samples 2,314

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU states the PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, up to 16 GB of memory, a core clock of 975 MHz, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2025-03-31. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Blackwell

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

Process node 4 nm

Transistors 45,600 M

Die size 378 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is based on the Blackwell architecture, is manufactured on a 4 nm process, contains 45,600 million transistors and has a die size of 378 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 7,680

Compute units 60

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 240

Render output units (ROPs) 96

Ray tracing cores 60

Tensor / AI cores 240

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU has 7,680 shading units, 60 compute units, 240 texture mapping units, 96 render output units, 60 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU.

Clock speeds

Base clock 975 MHz

Boost clock 1.50 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock 1.75 GHz

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU runs at a base clock of 975 MHz and boosts to 1.50 GHz.

Memory

Size 16 GB

Type GDDR7

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 896.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is equipped with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 896.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 175 W and it connects over PCIe 5.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 175 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series GeForce RTX 50 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 26,377

PassMark G2D 1,088

Rank #46

Samples 2,314

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 12.0.

DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 12.0

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU has 4 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Rendering

Supported: DirectX 12 Ultimate

Microsoft's top DirectX 12 feature tier, covering hardware ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable-rate shading and sampler feedback.
Supported: Hardware ray tracing 4th Generation

Dedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU supports NVIDIA DLSS and Vulkan ray tracing. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Hardware ray tracing (4th Generation) under Rendering.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 12.0

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Supported: Tensor cores 5th Generation

NVIDIA'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 5080 Laptop GPU supports NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU supports CUDA (Compute capability 12.0) and Tensor cores (5th Generation) under Compute and AI.

Media engine

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and AV1 and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 9th Generation Encoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 6th Generation Decoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: Yes; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: Yes
AV1	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 5080 Laptop GPU: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (9th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (6th Generation, decoder engines: 2).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU have?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 896.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 175 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU scores 26,377 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 98.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #46. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 115 fps.