Radeon RX 5800 XT vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking125not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLINavi 23
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

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 cores51203328
Core clock speed1556 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1775 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data275 Watt
Texture fill rateno data369.2
Floating-point processing powerno data11.81 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data208

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 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
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_112 Ultimate (12_1)
OpenGLno data4.6
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm

RX 5800 XT has a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Radeon RX 5800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5800 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
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AMD Radeon RX 5800 XT
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