GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs GTX 1080 11Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated27
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data40.98
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP104AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25607424
Core clock speed1607 MHz1290 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3386.3
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS24.72 TFLOPS
ROPs6480
TMUs160232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 110 Watt

RTX 4080 Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 63.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
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