Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1080 Mobile
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
34.77
+30.1%

GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking143210
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation43.00no data
Power efficiency16.2853.63
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP104AD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores25602048
Core clock speed1607 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.4129.6
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
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 amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
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
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API and SDK 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
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+8.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 1080 Mobile 34.77
+30.1%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 26.73

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.

GTX 1080 Mobile 28527
+40.9%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 20239

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.

GTX 1080 Mobile 48874
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 66297
+35.6%

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.

GTX 1080 Mobile 21394
+51.3%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 14136

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

GTX 1080 Mobile 6917
+31.1%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 5278

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 HD116
+36.5%
85−90
−36.5%
1440p73
+32.7%
55−60
−32.7%
4K56
+40%
40−45
−40%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.31no data
1440p6.85no data
4K8.93no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+38.6%
70−75
−38.6%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+30.9%
55−60
−30.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+36.4%
55−60
−36.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+38.6%
70−75
−38.6%
Battlefield 5 115
+35.3%
85−90
−35.3%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+30.9%
55−60
−30.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+36.4%
55−60
−36.4%
Far Cry 5 91
+40%
65−70
−40%
Fortnite 143
+43%
100−105
−43%
Forza Horizon 4 108
+35%
80−85
−35%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+38.6%
70−75
−38.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+32%
100−105
−32%
Valorant 188
+34.3%
140−150
−34.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+38.6%
70−75
−38.6%
Battlefield 5 112
+31.8%
85−90
−31.8%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+30.9%
55−60
−30.9%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+31.9%
210−220
−31.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+36.4%
55−60
−36.4%
Dota 2 130−140
+38%
100−105
−38%
Far Cry 5 117
+37.6%
85−90
−37.6%
Fortnite 201
+34%
150−160
−34%
Forza Horizon 4 106
+32.5%
80−85
−32.5%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+38.6%
70−75
−38.6%
Grand Theft Auto V 119
+32.2%
90−95
−32.2%
Metro Exodus 73
+32.7%
55−60
−32.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 115
+35.3%
85−90
−35.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 142
+42%
100−105
−42%
Valorant 186
+32.9%
140−150
−32.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 102
+36%
75−80
−36%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+30.9%
55−60
−30.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+36.4%
55−60
−36.4%
Dota 2 120
+33.3%
90−95
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 108
+35%
80−85
−35%
Forza Horizon 4 102
+36%
75−80
−36%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+38.6%
70−75
−38.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 91
+40%
65−70
−40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+34.5%
55−60
−34.5%
Valorant 137
+37%
100−105
−37%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150
+36.4%
110−120
−36.4%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+33.5%
170−180
−33.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
Metro Exodus 44
+46.7%
30−33
−46.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+34.6%
130−140
−34.6%
Valorant 183
+30.7%
140−150
−30.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 86
+32.3%
65−70
−32.3%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+33.3%
27−30
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 74
+34.5%
55−60
−34.5%
Forza Horizon 4 87
+33.8%
65−70
−33.8%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+31.1%
45−50
−31.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+33.3%
45−50
−33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 88
+35.4%
65−70
−35.4%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 76
+38.2%
55−60
−38.2%
Metro Exodus 27
+50%
18−20
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+45.7%
35−40
−45.7%
Valorant 178
+36.9%
130−140
−36.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 52
+48.6%
35−40
−48.6%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Dota 2 95−100
+32%
75−80
−32%
Far Cry 5 40
+33.3%
30−33
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+35.6%
45−50
−35.6%
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
+41.7%
24−27
−41.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 33
+37.5%
24−27
−37.5%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 42
+40%
30−33
−40%

This is how GTX 1080 Mobile and Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 36% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 33% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 40% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.77 26.73
Recency 15 August 2016 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1080 Mobile has a 30.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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