AMD Radeon VII vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

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Combined performance score

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
37.48

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 15% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking11575
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money66.3665.93
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIVega 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (7 years old)7 February 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699
Current price$352 $160 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile has 1% better value for money than Radeon VII.

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 cores51203840
Core clock speed1556 MHz1400 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1750 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million13,230 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data295 Watt
Texture fill rateno data420.0

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Radeon VII 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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data305 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1024 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, 3x DisplayPort
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 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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 SLI Mobile 37.48
Radeon VII 43.07
+14.9%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 15% in our combined benchmark results.


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 SLI Mobile 55056
Radeon VII 62128
+12.8%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 13% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 SLI Mobile 49645
+31.1%
Radeon VII 37881

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon VII by 31% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 SLI Mobile 39902
+45.4%
Radeon VII 27449

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon VII by 45% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 SLI Mobile 172848
+18.3%
Radeon VII 146094

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon VII by 18% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 SLI Mobile 443627
+3.1%
Radeon VII 430170

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon VII by 3% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 142
+29.2%
Radeon VII 110

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon VII by 29% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 60
Radeon VII 87
+46.7%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 47% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 12
Radeon VII 19
+62.1%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 62% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 80
Radeon VII 170
+112%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 112% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 55
Radeon VII 62
+11.7%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 12% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 47
Radeon VII 52
+10.5%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 11% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 10
Radeon VII 17
+72.4%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 72% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 80
Radeon VII 159
+98.6%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 99% in SPECviewperf 12 - Catia.

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 47
Radeon VII 52
+12.2%

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by 12% in SPECviewperf 12 - Medical.

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 HD137
+13.2%
121
−13.2%
1440p65−70
−16.9%
76
+16.9%
4K89
+56.1%
57
−56.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−16.7%
75−80
+16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
−13.4%
76
+13.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−52.3%
99
+52.3%
Battlefield 5 110−120
−23.6%
136
+23.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
−45.1%
148
+45.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−16.7%
75−80
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 95−100
−3.1%
99
+3.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
−4.4%
95
+4.4%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−40.5%
163
+40.5%
Hitman 3 110−120
−16%
130−140
+16%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
−49.4%
121
+49.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
−110%
126
+110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
−33.3%
120
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
−61.4%
113
+61.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
−4.5%
70
+4.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−26.2%
82
+26.2%
Battlefield 5 110−120
−24.5%
137
+24.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
−24.5%
127
+24.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−16.7%
75−80
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+1.1%
95
−1.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
−1.1%
92
+1.1%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−35.3%
157
+35.3%
Hitman 3 110−120
−16%
130−140
+16%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
−18.5%
96
+18.5%
Metro Exodus 65−70
−31.3%
88
+31.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
−16.7%
70
+16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
−25.6%
113
+25.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+30.2%
139
−30.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
−41.4%
99
+41.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+6.3%
63
−6.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−10.8%
72
+10.8%
Battlefield 5 110−120
−15.5%
127
+15.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−16.7%
75−80
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+5.5%
91
−5.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+9.6%
83
−9.6%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−12.1%
130
+12.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115
+53.3%
75
−53.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+11.1%
63
−11.1%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
−46.8%
91
+46.8%
Hitman 3 65−70
−18.8%
80−85
+18.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−38.5%
72
+38.5%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−36.6%
56
+36.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−53.3%
46
+53.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
−19.6%
65−70
+19.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−14.6%
45−50
+14.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−39%
57
+39%
Battlefield 5 75−80
−11.4%
85−90
+11.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−24.1%
35−40
+24.1%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−17.6%
80−85
+17.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 70−75
−16.9%
83
+16.9%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−16.5%
90−95
+16.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−22.6%
65−70
+22.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−45.5%
48
+45.5%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
−57.6%
52
+57.6%
Hitman 3 35−40
−18.9%
40−45
+18.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+33.3%
21
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−42.3%
37
+42.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20−22
−50%
30
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−51.7%
44
+51.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+61.1%
54
−61.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−76%
44
+76%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−52.2%
35
+52.2%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−58.7%
73
+58.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−68.6%
59
+68.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−56.4%
61
+56.4%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−48.1%
77
+48.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−52.6%
29
+52.6%

This is how GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Radeon VII compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 13.2% faster than Radeon VII

1440p resolution:

  • Radeon VII is 16.9% faster than GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 56.1% faster than Radeon VII

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 61.1% faster than the Radeon VII.
  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon VII is 110% faster than the GTX 1080 SLI Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is ahead in 9 tests (13%)
  • Radeon VII is ahead in 59 tests (87%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 37.48 43.07
Recency 16 August 2016 7 February 2019
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm

The Radeon VII is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile in performance tests.

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


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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