RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

General info

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

Place in performance ranking115not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money66.36no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (7 years old)11 May 2021 (2 years old)
Current price$352 $999
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores51202560
Core clock speed1556 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1035 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data82.80

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz11 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data176.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API support

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.6

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 16 August 2016 11 May 2021
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q is a desktop one.


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