GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs GTX 1080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking70not rated
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.85no data
Power efficiency13.21no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGP102GB203
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores358410752
Core clock speed1481 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt175 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.4672.0
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS43.01 TFLOPS
ROPs88128
TMUs224336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5XGDDR7
Maximum RAM amount11 GB16 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s1.01 TB/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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+10.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 175 Watt

RTX 5090 Mobile has a 45.5% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is a notebook one.


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