Testing GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop Graphics: How Does Nvidia's New Flagship GPU Stack Up?
pcmag.comCES 2022 was a geyser of PC-component announcements, particularly for the laptop market. The three major parts makers (AMD, Intel, and Nvidia) uncorked a big bottle of new CPUs and GPUs, and it’s Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 30 Series “Ti” laptop graphics we’re taking a first sip of here.
The launch we're talking about here today is for the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPUs. The new flagship RTX 3080 Ti brings more than 7,000 CUDA cores (7,426 to be exact), and runs at a tighter range of 1,125MHz to 1,590MHz in stock configuration. (The non-Ti RTX 3080 has just over 6,000 CUDA cores and an operating range of 1,245MHz to 1,710MHz.) The RTX 3080 Ti is designed for 16GB of GDDR6 memory, while the non-Ti can be configured in 8GB or 16GB loadouts. The RTX 3070 Ti is a similar step-up chip, in terms of CUDA cores, from the original RTX 3070.
The first system with these new parts to come our way is the 2022 version of the MSI GE76 Raider. Our test unit is equipped with the new king of the GPU castle, the RTX 3080 Ti. This laptop also features an Intel 12th Generation ("Alder Lake-H") laptop-grade CPU, a processor family that is also launching today, in parallel with the two new GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs. The Alder Lake-H CPUs are Intel’s latest mobile processor generation, designed for power laptops and gaming machines.
We have a deep-dive analysis of the particulars of this CPU's performance, which is posting in parallel with this article. (The GE76 Raider features Intel's Core i9-12900HK, Intel's new flagship laptop processor.) This piece, meanwhile, will zero in on how the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU stacks up to existing top-end laptop GPU options. Let’s see what's cooking on the GeForce end!
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