RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB vs GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

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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 SLIGA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (7 years old)January 2022 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,199
Current price$352 no data
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 cores512010240
Core clock speed1556 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rateno data532.8

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB 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 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz19 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data760.3 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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+
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 data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.6

Advantages and disadvantages


Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB is a desktop one.


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