[FPS Benchmarks] Red Dead Redemption 2 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) and RTX 3070 (140W) – the bigger GPU is 18% faster on average

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a real gaming hit created by Rockstar Games. Just like the GTA series, you have one huge world on your disposable that can be roamed freely. By doing this, you can find main story missions, as well as a decent amount of side jobs and different challenges.

Red Dead Redemption 2 looks great on almost any preset quality. The RAGE engine is doing a great job but unfortunately, the game isn’t light at all, especially if you want to increase greatly the visual quality. For this article, we have prepared two fast 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 Red Dead Redemption 2 list.

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GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 variants

  GeForce RTX 3080 [165W] GeForce RTX 3070 [140W]
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)

Red Dead Redemption 2 Full HD, Low (Check settings) Full HD, Medium (Check settings) Full HD, High (Check settings) Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3080 [165W] 153 fps (37%) 115 fps (+11%) 70 fps (+9%) 39 fps (+15%)
GeForce RTX 3070 [140W] 112 fps 104 fps 64 fps 34 fps





Verdict

Okay, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) is 18% faster on average but it seems that the smaller GPU is the price/performance champion in this article. In terms of visual quality, the sweet spot for both GPUs is the High preset where the GeForce RTX 3070 (140W) can show 64 FPS – just 6 FPS less compared to its bigger sibling. Not bad at all given the price difference between these two graphics chips.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [165W]

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 [140W]

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