GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti brought desktop-class Ampere silicon into gaming laptops in 2021, and the catalog has benchmarked it in 104 games at 1080p across 64 matched models. This guide covers what the chip still delivers, where it ranks, and which laptops carry it.

Where the RTX 3080 Ti sits in 2026

The catalog scores the chip at 66.4, placing it 60th of 341 scored mobile GPUs. That mid-table position needs context: this is a GA102 die — the same silicon family as the desktop 3080 Ti — squeezed into a laptop chassis, and the catalog's scoring normalizes for what mobile implementations actually sustain. Its neighbors reflect that: the Quadro RTX 5000 with Max-Q Design (66.9) and RTX 2000 Ada Generation (66.7) sit just above, tied with the much humbler RTX 2060 (66.4), while the RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (66) and RTX 2070 Super with Max-Q Design (65.8) follow. The practical reading: a 2021 flagship now trades punches with modern mid-tier parts, but its 27 compare articles in the catalog show it still anchors the top of many matchups.

What the chip brings

The specs read like a desktop card: the GA102 die on 8 nm, 10240 shader cores, 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus with 912 GB/s of bandwidth, and roughly 34.1 TFLOPS of theoretical throughput — the largest memory subsystem of any chip in this part of the table. Ampere brings DLSS and ray tracing, and the synthetic record is appropriately loud: PassMark 26760, Fire Strike 47113.

FPS in games at 1080p

At 1080p the chip is essentially unrestricted. Star Wars Squadrons runs at 378 FPS, The Witcher 3 at 372, Valorant at 350, Counter-Strike 2, Fortnite and CS:GO/Overwatch at 240–300, Doom Eternal at 292 and Diablo 4 at 238. Modern heavyweights stay comfortable on the high preset: Cyberpunk 2077 posts 219, Far Cry 5 208, Forza Horizon 5 200, Resident Evil 4 Remake 190, Shadow of the Tomb Raider 156 and Battlefield 2042 121. The only titles that ask for compromise are the very heaviest ports — Dying Light 2 at 69 and The Last of Us at 88 — and those numbers still clear 60.

Laptops that carry it

The catalog matches 64 models to the chip, and the roster skews big-chassis. HP's OMEN 17 machines from 2023 lead the price range at $2171–$2726, with Alienware's x17 R2, M17 R5 and M15 R7 from 2022 asking $1087–$1339. Dell's Precision 7670 and 7770 workstations ($652 and $1739) show the chip's professional side, while the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 and Zephyrus M16 from 2022 at $737 are the value plays. The roster medians tell the story of the machines rather than the chip: gaming index 76 and performance index 77.5, but a portability index of just 6.8 — these are desk-bound laptops first.

Bottom line

In 2026 the RTX 3080 Ti is a used-market play for maximum 1080p (and capable 1440p) performance per dollar in a large chassis. Nothing in its 104-game table asks for settings reductions at 1080p, and the $737–$922 band for 2022 Scar 17 and Aorus 17X machines undercuts modern equivalents carrying the RTX 4050-class chips it scores alongside. The trade-offs are size, weight and power draw — buy it if the laptop mostly lives on a desk, skip it if it has to commute.