RTX 4080 SUPER vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 4080 SUPER is 472.4 % stronger than NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU. RTX 4080 SUPER ranks #5 of 67 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (14,460 GPU score over 2 verified runs). NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU ranks #48 of 67 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (2,526 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 4080 SUPER | NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 14,460 | 2,526 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 13,665 | 3,675 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 62.6 FPS | 11.2 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 79.2 FPS | 13.8 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 66.3 FPS | 11.4 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 99.7 FPS | 46.4 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 163 GB/s | 90 GB/s |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
Fragz' verdict
The RTX 4080 SUPER decisively wins this comparison, outperforming the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU by a substantial 450.3% in our GPU score. This massive performance gap is clearly visible in gaming scenes, where the RTX 4080 SUPER achieves 60.5 FPS in Earth II Vulkan and 76.6 FPS in Mission to Earth II DX12, while the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU manages only 11.2 FPS and 13.8 FPS. This superior gaming power is backed by its higher raw compute, boasting an ALU index of 488299 compared to 93658, a much higher peak clock of 2790 MHz versus 1650 MHz, and significantly more VRAM at 16 GB with 189 GB/s bandwidth against 6 GB and 90 GB/s. For a gamer, this translates directly to a dramatically smoother and more responsive experience, though it's worth noting our data for the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU comes from only one verified run, so the sample is thin.
Generated October 27, 2026 from the 3 verified runs available then. The verdict is never silently rewritten — new numbers get a new verdict.
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for RTX 4080 SUPER · All measurements for NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU