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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU: Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU separate most on tdp: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti at 250 W, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU at 140 W, 79% in favour of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. VRAM splits them by another 27%, this time favouring NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. They match on gpu brand and tier.

Specs

Specification
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
GPU BrandNVIDIANVIDIA
SeriesGeForce GTX 10GeForce RTX 30
Board PartnerNVIDIA Founders EditionOEM (varies by laptop model)
VRAM11 GB8 GB-27%
TierHigh-EndHigh-End
Memory TypeGDDR5XGDDR6
Boost Clock1582 MHz-2%1620 MHz
Ray Tracing Supportfalsetrue
TDP250 W-79%140 W
ArchitecturePascalAmpere (GA104)
Slot Width2N/A (mobile GPU, soldered to laptop motherboard)
Memory Bus Width352 bit256 bit-27%
CUDA Cores35845120

Verdict

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

5 / 10 Expert Rating

Aged remarkably well for pure rasterization, but firmly a legacy budget-tier used buy now that RT and upscaling are mainstream expectations.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU

7 / 10 Expert Rating

One of the best-value secondhand mobile GPUs available, if 8GB of VRAM fits your use case.

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