RTX 4080 Laptop vs RTX 5070 Ti Laptop: Which Is the Better GPU?

RTX 4080 Laptop GPU stacked against an RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU. Find out which one is the better option for you.

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The RTX 4080 and RTX 5070 Ti mobile are both 12GB VRAM laptop GPUs. These are usually found on laptops priced less than $2500, or sometimes higher, placing them in the high-end territory. Both of these GPUs are similarly specced and are incredible options for mobile computing. That said, the differences are stated below.

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RTX 4080 Laptop vs RTX 5070 Ti Laptop: Detailed Comparison

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Specs Comparison

Here are the specs of RTX 4080 Mobile and the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile:

Specifications	RTX 4080 Mobile	RTX 5070 Ti Mobile
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell
Lithography	TSMC 5N	TSMC 4N FinFET
Shading Units	7424	5888
TMUs	232	184
SM Count:	56	46
Tensor Cores:	232	184
RT Cores:	58	46
L1 Cache:	128 KB per SM	128 KB per SM
L2 Cache:	48 MB	48 MB
Memory Size	12 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
Memory Width	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	432 GB/s	672 GB/s
TDP (Configurable)	60-175 W	60-140 W

From the specs, the 4080 has an outright advantage in core counts, but real-world gaming performance won’t matter that much because of the 192-bit memory bus and the 12GB VRAM; even if you try to drive the maximum settings at 1440p (which technically matches the display resolution that this range of laptops offers), you’ll soon deplete your VRAM.

The following reason is the power and voltage limitations. If you cross-check, the desktop variants of these GPUs have a higher than 250W power consumption, and without such a higher power budget, these GPUs don’t shine in performance.

Also, buying a laptop based on the desktop GPU’s performance is entirely pointless, as these are mobile iterations and do not represent the actual capabilities. Only the 60 series, like the 4060 and 5060, match the specifications of their desktop counterparts.

Synthetic Performance Comparison

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The synthetic scores clearly demonstrate that architectural optimizations and greater memory bandwidth provide an advantage over the 4080 in some benchmarks, even though the results remain limited. The 4080 is in no way a slower GPU, as it trades blows accordingly with the new 5070 Ti.

Benchmark	RTX 4080 Mobile	RTX 5070 Ti Mobile
Blender (Optix)	9051	7521
GeekBench Open CL	160866	223000
3D Mark TimeSpy	16,638	17,437
3D Mark Firestrike	41,870	TBD (will update once more data arrives)
3D Mark Port Royal (RT)	11226	TBD (will update once more data arrives)

Gaming Performance Comparison

The data is sourced from Hubwood’s YouTube channel, where the person tested two laptops with RTX 4080 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs with near identical specs at 1440p resolution, with max settings.

Games	RTX 4080 Mobile	RTX 5070 Ti Mobile
Assassins Creed Shadows	48 FPS	49 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077	84 FPS	82 FPS
Far Cry 6	133 FPS	135 FPS
Forza Horizon 5	124 FPS	135 FPS
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle	110 FPS	101 FPS
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2	88 FPS	89 FPS

Despite a considerable difference in core counts, the 5070 Ti very closely matches the 4080 Mobile, and in some games is faster. For AAA gaming, if you can find a 4080 laptop costing less than the 5070 TI or vice versa, pick either; both are incredible. When it comes to gaming, there isn’t an outright winner.

Final Verdict on RTX 4080 Laptop vs RTX 5070 Ti Laptop

In the super high-end territory, where both GPUs have identical performance despite spec differences and the same VRAM, choosing the cheaper option makes the most sense. Opting for features like DLSS MFG isn’t a wise decision, as selecting the 4080, provided it’s more affordable, and using lossless scaling with the DLSS Transformer model will yield results nearly identical to MFG’s. On a laptop screen, at this price point, the PPI count is incredible, meaning even with ultra-performance upscaling, you won’t notice many differences.

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