GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs Xe DG1
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 44 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 41.77 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | DG1 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 2020 (6 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 7424 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 1290 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1550 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 110 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 62.00 | 386.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.984 TFLOPS | 24.72 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 20 | 80 |
| TMUs | 40 | 232 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 232 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 58 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 7.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 48 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 164 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2133 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 68.26 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 110 Watt |
Xe DG1 has 267% lower power consumption.
RTX 4080 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xe DG1 and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xe DG1 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is a notebook one.
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