Radeon Graphics 128SP vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking139not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.20no data
Power efficiency16.37no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104Raphael
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)27 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 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 cores2560128
Core clock speed1607 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million3,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.417.60
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPS0.5632 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs1608
Ray Tracing Coresno data2

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
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed10 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth320 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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-DVIMotherboard 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+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 27 September 2022
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics 128SP has an age advantage of 6 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Radeon Graphics 128SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon Graphics 128SP is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
AMD Radeon Graphics 128SP
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