Who makes the ideal laptop GPU? Should you get Nvidia’s RTX 3080 or AMD’s RX 6800M? I have actually compared both in 18 games at 1440p as well as 1080p resolutions to learn! These are the distinctions in specifications in between these 2 leading end laptop GPUs. The RTX 3080 can have either basically GDDR6 memory as it’s available in 8 or 16 gig choices, while the 6800M has 12 gigs. The 6800M has a higher memory speed, while the 3080 has more memory bandwidth as well as a larger memory user interface. CUDA cores as well as stream processors aren’t straight similar, so it doesn’t indicate much that the 3080 has a lot more, though the 3080 has a higher maximum power limitation. To do this screening I’m utilizing the Neo 15 from XMG in Europe for the RTX 3080, also referred to as the Mech-15 G3 from Eluktronics in the United States market, as well as the Strix G15 Advantage Edition from ASUS for the RX 6800M. Both laptops have the exact same Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU, and also both were also evaluated with the same set of memory with an outside display affixed to bypass the incorporated graphics. As for I understand, this is the only RX 6800M laptop presently readily available as well as I think it’s the complete wattage choice as AMD details it as
145 plus watts on the spec sheet and I located it would perform at around 145 to 150 watts in a GPU just cardiovascular test. However specific power levels will certainly differ depending on the work as AMD’s smartshift moves power between the CPU and also GPU. My RTX 3080 is additionally complete powered with a 150 watt power limitation, plus an additional 15 watts with Nvidia’s vibrant increase, which deals with a comparable principle, so as much as 165 watts. Along with being full powered, my 3080 also has 16 jobs of VRAM rather than 8, so it represents a finest feasible instance. Alright so allow’s start by comparing both laptops in 18 games at 2 different resolutions, after that later on we’ll contrast things like prices, price per structure, content creator workloads and power draw. Let’s begin with Much Cry 6, which was checked with the game’s benchmark. I have actually obtained the 1080p outcomes down the base and the 1440p outcomes on top, with the RTX 3080 results over the RX 6800M results. At 1080p the 6800M was reaching an 11% greater average structure rate when contrasted to the 3080, though this is an AMD sponsored title so that’s not as well unusual, and also the distinction was much smaller sized at the higher 1440p resolution. This video game launched with AMD’s FSR support, and also this can be utilized to increase performance for both AMD as well as Nvidia GPUs. With FSR established to high quality setting both
get a larger boost to efficiency at 1440p contrasted to 1080p, and this likewise provided the 6800M even more of a lead. As Far Cry 6 is an AMD sponsored title, to maintain points balanced allow’s do Regulate next as an Nvidia sponsored title. At 1080p the 3080 was reaching an 8% higher typical framework price, however there was a bigger 21% increase seen in the 1% low, so less dips in efficiency on the 3080. This video game has DLSS support, and also unlike FSR this is just available for Nvidia graphics. The efficiency increase on offer is kind of crazy, at 1080p the 3080 is now getting to a 60% higher average frame rate, contrasted to the 8% we saw before turning on this single setting. Even the 1% lows from the 3080 lead the typical framework prices originating from the 6800M. This video game sustains ray tracing, and also while I can have likewise incorporated DLSS on the 3080 to increase it even additionally, I just wished to compare pure RT efficiency right here. At 1080p the 3080 was getting to a 32% higher average frame rate, a lot far better than AMD in terms of ray mapping performance. Cyberpunk 2077 was like three frames higher on the 3080 laptop computer usually, however surprisingly
the 6800M was reaching a greater 1% low at the lower 1080p resolution. This had not been the case at 1440p, but both are rather close together there currently. This is an additional video game with DLSS support, so it’s possible for the 3080 laptop to see some large gains. At 1080p now the 1% lows are about the exact same, but the 3080 was currently getting to a 32% higher average frame price in the same examination.
Even the 3080’s 1% reduced at 1440p led the 6800M’s average framework rate with DLSS in operation. Red Dead Redemption 2 was examined with the game’s benchmark, and the 6800M was in the lead right here, though as we saw in my recent 3070 vs 3080 video, somehow the 3080 was in fact a little behind the 3070 in this game at 1080p, so various other 3080s may close the gap. Anyway it’s not as if the 3080 is pointless or anything, near 80 FPS at high setups 1440p is still a great result. This game also has DLSS support, though with high quality setting enabled it’s not boosting the framework prices as a lot as in previous games, so the 6800M still preserves a sensible lead even with the 3080 taking benefit of this rate increase. Microsoft Trip Simulator was tested in the Sydney touchdown challenge. This was an additional where the typical FPS was ahead on the 3080, however at 1080p the 6800M had a greater 1% reduced, gave the difference was only small below. At 1080p
the 3080 was just 3% ahead in terms of typical FPS, with a larger 9% lead at the greater 1440p resolution. View Dogs Myriad was examined with the video game’s standard. This test generally whines that 8 jobs of VRAM at the highest possible ultra establishing preset is barely enough, so probably results would be a little various with the 8 gig version of the 3080, yet with what I’m evaluating with VRAM constraints aren’t actually a worry. The 3080 was simply 5% ahead of the 6800M at 1080p and virtually 10% in advance at 1440p, that is until DLSS appears. With DLSS enabled the 1080p result just increases by 1 frame, while there’s a larger 13 FPS increase at 1440p, where also the 3080’s 1% reduced is in advance of the 6800M’s average structure price. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was additionally examined with the video game’s benchmark, and this had some of the tiniest differences out of all 18 video games evaluated. The 3080 was somewhat in advance, however yes we’re speaking much less than a 2 FPS distinction at 1080p, with a somewhat larger 4 FPS lead at 1440p, and it’s not as if over 60 FPS at extremely high setups at this higher resolution is going to be pointless or anything. Phone Call of Task Warzone was ahead on the 6800M. At 1080p it’s got a 5% greater ordinary framework rate compared to the 3080, but a bigger 17% lead in regards to 1% lows, so a lot more steady on the all AMD laptop. The 6800M was still in the lead at 1440p, however the gap is
much smaller sized currently, at the very least until we allow DLSS. With DLSS allowed the 3080 was currently in advance at both resolutions, though the 6800M still had a mild side in 1% lows at the lower 1080p resolution. Fortnite is one more eSports title, and also one that generally favors Nvidia equipment, which is why at either resolution this game had the 2nd biggest improvement out of all 18 games examined on the 3080, which’s also before factoring in DLSS, since when we transform that on the 3080 is able to obtain a substantial boost. At 1080p we’re now speaking about a 36% boost to average FPS and also a 55% increase at the higher 1440p resolution. F1 2021 was tested with the highest possible setup predetermined which allows some ray tracing impacts by default, as signified on top of the graph, which might in component be why the 3080 has an above average lead when contrasted to the other video games covered, however yeah the 6800M is still running the video game fine. Instead of speaking with the rest of the 8 games independently extensive, I’ll simply blast with them so we can get involved in the average differences as that’s more intriguing, also if all of this testing did take numerous hrs to complete. A larger selection of
games is very important to aid get a better rounded standard. Do not hesitate to stop briefly the video if you want a closer appearance at any of these added games. On average over all 18 games examined at the reduced 1080p resolution, Nvidia’s RTX 3080 with 16 jobs of VRAM and max power limit was just 0.4% ahead of AMD’s Radeon RX 6800M, so basically equal usually. Plainly we can see that some video games really appear to favor either AMD or Nvidia, so it can depend upon the particular title a fair bit, but yes once we average out a lot of video games it barely seems to matter. If we tip up to the greater 1440p resolution where we’re even more GPU bound currently, points move extra in favor of Nvidia, with the 3080 now averaging a 5 as well as a half percent higher typical frame price in our 18 video game selection. Only a little number of games preferenced the 6800M at this resolution, but as we saw despite having greater settings the framework prices from both were still superb. Lots of video games that are revealing as doing much better on the 6800M right here like Red Dead Redemption 2, Darkness of the Tomb Raider and Phone Call of Obligation Warzone all have DLSS support which would certainly obviously change points. These are the differences in the games that have either DLSS or FSR assistance.
As DLSS is just readily available for Nvidia graphics, the DLSS outcomes are compared to the 6800M at supply, while the Much Cry FSR outcomes
are with FSR made it possible for on both Nvidia and AMD. Anyway for the a lot of component we can see that DLSS is giving the 3080 some quite huge boosts. The fact is DLSS has actually simply been around for much longer so has more prevalent fostering in the meantime. Regardless of generally executing far better, the 3080 expenses quite a great deal more money – at the very least when contrasting the certain laptops that I’ve utilized in this video clip. In several situations the 6800M efficiency wasn’t too various and in a variety of games it was even ahead, all while setting you back concerning $1150 USD much less, so obviously it’s going to win when it concerns cost per frame worth, yet things would certainly adjustment with a more affordable 3080 laptop computer, which do definitely exist, approved they’re additionally most likely to have 8 gigs of VRAM or reduced power limitations. The RX 6800M laptop computer was attracting a little bit more power from the wall surface in Control, and if you remember in this certain game the 3080 was performing much better. It deserves noting though the 3080 laptop is coupled with a 230 watt power brick, so it’s basically maxed out, while the 6800M has a bigger 280 watt brick. Content designer workloads can go in any case. Generally the 3080 was in advance in more of these examinations, based on the eco-friendly bars, while the 6800M at a loss
bars had not been much behind in numerous and also was likewise winning in 3 of them. I also wish to keep in mind that I had no worry with driver stability on either laptop computer. All 18 video games worked flawlessly great at both resolutions. Regrettably I have not compared points like thermals and battery life since the laptop computer framework are just too various to do that relatively. It is likewise worth remembering that I contrasted both laptop computers with the very same memory. I do not have the G15 anymore because I had to send it back a few weeks earlier after testing, but yes, my G15 came with slower x16 memory by default, so while I did practically upgrade the memory in order to do this contrast rather, if you did actually go and get it, it could have slower memory. Plus it likewise does not have a MUX button like the 3080 device, to ensure that would certainly additionally harm efficiency. That said, despite having these benefits this 3080 equipment is dramatically a lot more expensive than the 6800M laptop computer. If you actually desire Nvidia as well as the better ray tracing performance and DLSS then you could absolutely get a less expensive 3080 choice for probably closer to $2000. Again as discussed those less costly choices just may
have the lower 8 jobs of VRAM which I still assume is probably plenty for the majority of people but also possibly a reduced power restriction, which will lead to less efficiency compared to what I’ve shown below. You can have a look at the distinction between Nvidia’s as well as AMD’s mobile graphics choices in these video clips following. I’ve compared the RTX 3070 against the RX 6700M as well as the RTX 3060 versus the RX 6600M, as well as that one’s particularly intriguing since they were both checked in the exact same laptop chassis, so I can also rather compare points like thermals and battery life – I’ll see you because next.
