[FPS Benchmarks] Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) and RTX 3070 (140W) – the margin is small
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is one of the hottest games that were released in 2020. Just like the previous two installments of the series (Odyssey and Origins) the new game come with a long storyline that offers a lot of side quests, dialogues, RPG-like player progression, etc.
The game looks good despite the fact that it uses the same engine as its predecessors. If you want to bump the visual quality and you want to see a decent amount of FPS at the same time, a mid-range GPU isn’t enough. This big and beautiful open world needs a lot of system resources for Ultra details. For this article, we have prepared two high-end mobile GPUs – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) and RTX 3070 (140W).
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla list.
Contents
GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 variants
GeForce RTX 3080 [165W] | GeForce RTX 3070 [140W] | |
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Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
GPU chip | GA104 | GA104 |
Shader units | 6144 (+20%) | 5120 |
ROPs | 96 | 96 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1350 (+22%) | 1110 |
Boost clock (MHz) | up to 1710 (+10%) | 1560 |
Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 | 1750 |
Memory size (MB) | 8192 | 8192 |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus width (bit) | 256 | 256 |
TGP (Total Graphics Power) | 165W (+18%) | 140W |
DirectX version | 12.2 | 12.2 |
Technology | 8nm | 8nm |
RTX capabilities | Yes | Yes |
Release date | 01.2021 | 01.2021 |
Detailed specs | Link | Link |
Synthetic benchmarks
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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GeForce RTX 3080 [165W] | 120 fps (+12%) | 106 fps (+9%) | 91 fps (+7%) | 80 fps (+5%) |
GeForce RTX 3070 [140W] | 107 fps | 97 fps | 85 fps | 76 fps |
Verdict
Actually, when it comes to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the difference between GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) and RTX 3070 (140W) isn’t that big. In most cases, the bigger GPU is way faster but in this game, it isn’t. The bigger GPU is 8% faster which isn’t something to write home about.
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla list.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [165W]
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 [140W]