
Legion 9 18IAX10 review: Lenovo's first 18-inch gaming laptop is almost a home run
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop | 18.00" | 3.5 kg
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop is a high-end notebook graphics card that was presented at CES 2025 and went on sale in April 2025.
The GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile utilizes the Blackwell GB203 chip and employs 8,192 of the chip's 10,752 cores. Compared to the similar named desktop chips, it therefore is nearer to the desktop RTX 5070 (6.144 cores) than the similar named desktop RTX 5080 (10.752 cores). The memory bus is however like the desktop RTX 5080 a 256 Bit bus for 16 GB GDDR7.
As a novelty, Blackwell offers support for Multi-Frame Generation (MFG) with DLSS4, thanks to the 5th generation of Tensor cores.
The average theoretical performance of the laptop RTX 5080 is similar to the desktop RTX 5070 and the older RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (Time Spy GPU). In games (e.g. Doom: The dark ages), the performance is also on par with the old RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, although the RTX 5080 supports the already mentioned MFG option for impressive frame rates. Still the latency is the same, so you should start from at least 60 fps without frame generation.
The GB203 is manufactured at TSMC using the 4N FinFET process (custom 4NP 5nm). The maximum TGP of the card can reach 150 watts (125 watts + 25 watts Dynamic Boost).
GeForce RTX 5000 Laptop GPU Series
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Codename | GN22-X9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Blackwell | ||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 8192 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
TMUs | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||
ROPs | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
Raytracing Cores | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tensor / AI Cores | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 975 - 2287 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
Cache | L1: 8 MB, L2: 64 MB | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 28000 effective = 1750 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 16 GB | ||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bandwidth | 896 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP) | ||||||||||||||||||
technology | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
PCIe | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Displays | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1b, DisplayPort 2.1b | ||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | large | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 02.01.2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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Borderlands 4 | 96 | 75.6 | 64.1 | 45.5 | 31.5 | 16.8 |
F1 25 | 200 | 197 | 182 | 45 | 27 | 12 |
Doom: The Dark Ages | 101 | 106 | 95 | 90 | 65 | 34 |
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered | 76 | 87 | 80 | 50 | 29 | 17.9 |
Assassin's Creed Shadows | 104 | 95 | 82 | 61 | 51 | 37 |
Civilization 7 | 173.4 | 165.5 | 158 | |||
Monster Hunter Wilds | 113 | 104 | 83 | 69 | 44 | |
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 | 173.8 | 145.6 | 101.6 | 74.5 | ||
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 170 | 130 | 120 | 94 | 59 | |
Stalker 2 | 65.7 | 76 | 62 | 58 | 50 | 28.2 |
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 183 | 167 | 128 | 119 | 91 | 72 |
Until Dawn | 92.9 | 91 | 81.6 | 59 | ||
Space Marine 2 | 90 | 89.7 | 88.7 | 86.2 | ||
Star Wars Outlaws | 79.8 | 72.7 | 67.8 | 51.4 | ||
Black Myth: Wukong | 139 | 115 | 89 | 53 | 41 | 24 |
F1 24 | 318 | 319 | 271 | 123 | 80 | 41 |
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 99.3 | 76 | 55.1 | |||
Ghost of Tsushima | 110.7 | 105.7 | 97.5 | 76.7 | ||
Horizon Forbidden West | 148.2 | 117.7 | 115.5 | 90.7 | ||
Dragon's Dogma 2 | 84.8 | 82.3 | ||||
Helldivers 2 | 135.9 | 134.5 | 131.9 | 127.8 | ||
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 356 | 356 | 356 | 356 | ||
Alan Wake 2 | 117 | 107 | 108 | 74 | 39 | |
Counter-Strike 2 | 345 | 290 | 255 | 205 | ||
Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 173 | 163 | 147 | 137 | 95 | 44 |
Baldur's Gate 3 | 224 | 194 | 178 | 180 | 132 | 72 |
Strange Brigade | 538 | 423 | 397 | 367 | 275 | 153 |
X-Plane 11.11 | 146 | 133 | 108 | 93 | ||
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 221 | 211 | 181 | 145 | 86 | |
Dota 2 Reborn | 227 | 200 | 188 | 172 | 161 | |
The Witcher 3 | 203 | |||||
GTA V | 186 | 184 | 179 | 152 | 147 | 167 |
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 7 12 | 13 16 | 15 15 | 5 10 11 | 2 7 12 8 | 5 7 4 3 |
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