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4070 vs 4080 laptop

AlexZh

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Hello!

As a UI designer who is shifting to car HMI cluster design, I need a better laptop.

I aim to complement 2D UI with 3D elements, effects, and transitions, and I'm not sure how powerful the PC has to be to do it reasonably fast. I used to render with Vray waaaay back in the days when Redshift and other GPU renders did not even exist. A lot has changed for the better, I hope :)

The level of complexity I am aiming for is something like this:


Not too heavy as far as I understand? Will a 4070 mobile be enough, or should I go for a 4080?

4070 mobile should get around 10k in CB2024 - comparable to a desktop 3070Ti.
4080 mobile gets around 18.5k - comparable to a 3090 desktop.

4070 is considerably cheaper, and I'd rather have a light laptop with a good enough performance, than a very fast gaming behemoth. Will it be enough for my needs, or am I missing something?

And on a side note - what do you think about M3 max? Is there a chance it will be two times faster than M1 Max with the new raytracing cores? Then It'll get close to 10k as well and be a worthy contender.

Laptops I am looking at:
Zenbook PRO OLED 4070 ~ 2800 EUR
ROG G14 4080 ~ 3500 EUR
Razer Blade 16 4080 ~ 4400 EUR (this is getting into stupid money territory)
+ potentially MBP M3 Max - if it is fast enough.
 
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And on a side note - what do you think about M3 max? Is there a chance it will be two times faster than M1 Max with the new raytracing cores? Then It'll get close to 10k as well and be a worthy contender.
The GPU improvements are interesting for sure, but we'll have to test to see how it stacks up against Nvidia's laptop options.
 
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Zenbook PRO OLED 4070 ~ 2800 EUR
ROG G14 4080 ~ 3500 EUR
Razer Blade 16 4080 ~ 4400 EUR (this is getting into stupid money territory)
I'd go with the ROG unless the Zenbook PRO's OLED display is attractive enough to sway you. You'll lose around 15-30% performance when dropping to the RTX 4070 compared to the 4080.
 
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Screen, design, build quality - it's all very tempting. I thought it will be more that 15-30%, 4080 scores almost double in CB2024. Thank you for the answer!

How long will it take to render a single frame from the examples above? On say 3070Ti desktop.
 
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First m3 MAX benchmark:

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WOW.
 
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Wow indeed :LOL:
 
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