ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Radeon Xpress 1250, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080 Mobile
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
35.61
+32273%

GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms ATI Xpress 1250 by a whopping 32273% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1411448
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation43.06no data
Power efficiency16.34no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGP104RS690
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)28 February 2007 (17 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 cores25604
Core clock speed1607 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million120 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.41.600
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs1604

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 1.0 x16
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-+

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-DVINo outputs
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)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.52.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+-

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 HD114-0−1
1440p70-0−1
4K56-0−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.39no data
1440p7.14no data
4K8.93no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+700%
9−10
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+3650%
2−3
−3650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 57 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+700%
9−10
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 32
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+3280%
5−6
−3280%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95 0−1
Metro Exodus 89 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+2200%
4−5
−2200%
Valorant 156 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 103 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+700%
9−10
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 27
+1250%
2−3
−1250%
Dota 2 79 0−1
Far Cry 5 67
+1017%
6−7
−1017%
Fortnite 160 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+3280%
5−6
−3280%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 119 0−1
Metro Exodus 71 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 118
+2260%
5−6
−2260%
Red Dead Redemption 2 51
+1175%
4−5
−1175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 131
+3175%
4−5
−3175%
Valorant 94 0−1
World of Tanks 270−280
+2690%
10−11
−2690%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 53 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+700%
9−10
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Dota 2 120 0−1
Far Cry 5 90−95
+1450%
6−7
−1450%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+3280%
5−6
−3280%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 101
+1920%
5−6
−1920%
Valorant 137 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 65−70 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+17400%
1−2
−17400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 32 0−1
World of Tanks 220−230 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 53 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 30−33 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+367%
3−4
−367%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+2750%
4−5
−2750%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 55−60 0−1
Metro Exodus 74 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Valorant 94
+2250%
4−5
−2250%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+229%
7−8
−229%
Dota 2 76
+407%
14−16
−407%
Grand Theft Auto V 76
+407%
14−16
−407%
Metro Exodus 27 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 20 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+407%
14−16
−407%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 42 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+229%
7−8
−229%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
+200%
2−3
−200%
Dota 2 65−70
+353%
14−16
−353%
Far Cry 5 50−55 0−1
Fortnite 51 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 55−60 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 30−35 0−1
Valorant 50 0−1

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1080 Mobile is 17400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1080 Mobile surpassed ATI Xpress 1250 in all 31 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.61 0.11
Recency 15 August 2016 28 February 2007
Chip lithography 16 nm 80 nm

GTX 1080 Mobile has a 32272.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Xpress 1250 in performance tests.


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