NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q sales 30 May 2017. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 16 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR5X memory clocked at 10 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 320.3 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 90 - 110 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	189
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.22
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N17E-G3 Max-Q
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	30 May 2017 (7 years ago)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1101 - 1290 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1278 - 1468 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	7,200 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	90 - 110 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	234.9	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	7,516 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	10000 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 Max-Q 26.44

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 10207

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 39562

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 23540

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 18192

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 114542

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 387951

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 197

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 97

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 Max-Q 122

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	102
1440p	62
4K	49

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	78
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	116
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	95
Far Cry New Dawn	118
Forza Horizon 4	124
Hitman 3	50−55
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110
Metro Exodus	133
Red Dead Redemption 2	70−75
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	171
Watch Dogs: Legion	66

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	71
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	104
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	77
Far Cry New Dawn	89
Forza Horizon 4	240
Hitman 3	29
Horizon Zero Dawn	203
Metro Exodus	95
Red Dead Redemption 2	70−75
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	132
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	118
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	54
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	62
Forza Horizon 4	106
Horizon Zero Dawn	107
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	112
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64
Watch Dogs: Legion	48

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

70−75

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	72
Far Cry New Dawn	72

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	66
Forza Horizon 4	84
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	76
Metro Exodus	67
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	81
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35
Far Cry New Dawn	32
Hitman 3	21−24
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	26
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	20
Forza Horizon 4	55
Horizon Zero Dawn	46
Metro Exodus	38
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

Radeon RX 7600M XT 114.33

GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 111.23

GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 107.79

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 100

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 99.74

RTX A2000 Mobile 96.71

GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q 95.39

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is Radeon RX 6550M, which is slower by 8% and lower by 20 positions in our ranking.