GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs 9300 GE

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG98GP104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2008 (16 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$22.99 $499
Current price$55 (2.4x MSRP)$6655 (13.3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores82560
Core clock speed540 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1733 MHz
Number of transistors210 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data180 Watt
Texture fill rate4.320277.3
Floating-point performance20.8 gflops8,873 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz11008 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s352.3 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2008 20 April 2017
Cost $22.99 $499
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 16 nm

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