GeForce RTX 5080 vs Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5080 (84/100)

GeForce RTX 5080 leads overall with a score of 84/100 compared to Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose GeForce RTX 5080:
  • + Higher Gaming score (88 vs 17)
Why choose Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (95 vs 48)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Efficiency 48.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming 88.0 Very Good WINNER 17.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Fire Strike 75605 —
Night Raid 199650 —
Port Royal 23275 —
Solar Bay 161489 —
Time Spy 33000 —
Wild Life Extreme 69617 —

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
CUDA 12.0 —
DLSS DLSS 4 No
DirectX 12.2 12.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.4 1.4

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
1080p High 239 —
1080p Ultra 205 —
1440p Ultra 165 —
4K Ultra 96 —
CoD: Modern Warfare III 250244197135 —
Counter-Strike 2 31723817887 —
Cyberpunk 2077 21319213861 —
Far Cry 6 19417115597 —
Forza Horizon 5 250186179138 —
Ghost of Tsushima 16614212682 —
Hogwarts Legacy 18515212467 —
Margin of Error Low —
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 306276214111 —
The Witcher 3 27124417290 —

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 69068 10708
Face Detection (HP) 92863 16012
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 15441 4265
Image Segmentation (HP) 47173 11549
Image Super Resolution (Q) 43223 4466
Machine Translation (HP) 7905 4037
Object Detection (SP) 20955 4026
Pose Estimation (Q) 202202 8425
Style Transfer (SP) 349205 35823
Text Classification (SP) 3701 1380

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 319.6 img/sec 57.6 img/sec
Edge Detection 19.5 Gpixels/sec 1.02 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 225 img/sec 29.1 img/sec
Feature Matching 2.33 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 20.4 Gpixels/sec 1.02 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 13.6 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 43676.6 FPS 3352.7 FPS
Stereo Matching 1750 Gpixels/sec 61.2 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Celestial
Build Discrete Integrated
Case Desktop Laptop
GPU Codename GB203-400 Panther Lake
Launch price (MSRP) $999 —
Purpose Gaming Generic
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 7 265Kor above -Intel Core Ultra 9 386Hor above
Released January 7, 2025 January 5, 2026
Segment High-end Entry-level
Vendor Nvidia Intel
Used in CPUs — -Intel Core Ultra 9 386H-Intel Core Ultra 7 366H-Intel Core Ultra 7 365-Intel Core Ultra 7 356H-Intel Core Ultra 7 355-Intel Core Ultra 5 336H-Intel Core Ultra 5 335-Intel Core Ultra 5 325

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Base Clock 2295 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 2617 MHz 2500 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 84 4
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 4MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 84 4
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 16
Shading Units 10752 512
Tensor Cores 336 32
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 336 32

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Bus 256-bit —
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 Mbps —
Memory Clock 1875 MHz —
Memory Size 16 GB —
Memory Type GDDR7 System Shared

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
DirectX 11 327 FPS —
DirectX 12 145 FPS —
G2D Mark 1397 —
GPU Compute 19034 Ops/s —

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Die Size 378 mm² —
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
TGP 360 W 25 W
Transistor Count 45.6 billion —
Transistor Density 120.63 MTr/mm² —
Max. Temperature — 100°C

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Pixel Fill Rate 293 GPixel/s 40 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTexel/s 80 GTexel/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-06-01(Nowh) Cinebench 2024 —

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