Quadro NVS 295 vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile with Quadro NVS 295, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
37.41
+15488%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms NVS 295 by a whopping 15488% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1261364
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.72
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIG98
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)7 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$54.50

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 cores51208
Core clock speed1556 MHz540 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHzno data
Number of transistors14400 Million210 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data23 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.320
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0208 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz695 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data11.12 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 Connectorsno data2x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+1.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD1360−1
4K960−1

Cost per frame, $

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 75−80 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80 0−1
Elden Ring 130−140 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 75−80 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+17800%
1−2
−17800%
Metro Exodus 90−95 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75 0−1
Valorant 140−150 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 75−80 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80 0−1
Dota 2 110−120 0−1
Elden Ring 130−140 0−1
Far Cry 5 95−100 0−1
Fortnite 160−170
+16500%
1−2
−16500%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+17800%
1−2
−17800%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120 0−1
Metro Exodus 90−95 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 116 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 169
+16800%
1−2
−16800%
Valorant 140−150 0−1
World of Tanks 270−280
+27800%
1−2
−27800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 75−80 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80 0−1
Dota 2 110−120 0−1
Far Cry 5 95−100 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+17800%
1−2
−17800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 83 0−1
Valorant 140−150 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 65−70 0−1
Elden Ring 75−80 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+17400%
1−2
−17400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 0−1
World of Tanks 230−240
+23700%
1−2
−23700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 35−40 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Far Cry 5 120−130 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 100−110 0−1
Metro Exodus 80−85 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65 0−1
Valorant 110−120 0−1

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40 0−1
Dota 2 70−75 0−1
Elden Ring 35−40 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75 0−1
Metro Exodus 30−35 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 169
+16800%
1−2
−16800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 35−40 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Dota 2 70−75 0−1
Far Cry 5 50−55 0−1
Fortnite 50−55 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 60−65 0−1
Valorant 60−65 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.41 0.24
Recency 16 August 2016 7 May 2009
Chip lithography 16 nm 65 nm

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile has a 15487.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 295 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Quadro NVS 295 is a workstation one.


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