UHD Graphics 48EU vs GeForce GTX 1080

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking103not rated
Place by popularity49not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.50no data
Power efficiency15.59no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGP104Alder Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 May 2016 (8 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 cores2560384
Core clock speed1607 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate277.327.60
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS0.8832 TFLOPS
ROPs6412
TMUs16024

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5XSystem 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-DVIPortable Device Dependent
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
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2016 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 16 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 45 Watt

UHD Graphics 48EU has an age advantage of 5 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 and UHD Graphics 48EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics 48EU is a notebook one.


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