GeForce RTX 5080 vs GTX 460M SLI

Place in the ranking	642	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	42.05
Power efficiency	no data	18.63
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	N11E-GS	GB203
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 September 2010 (14 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999

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 cores	384	10752
Core clock speed	675 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2617 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	360 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	879.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	56.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	128
TMUs	no data	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	2x1536 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	960.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	+	10.1

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:

900p	52 −1823%	1000−1050 +1823%
Full HD	63 −206%	193 +206%
1440p	7−8 −2100%	154 +2100%
4K	5−6 −1940%	102 +1940%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	5.18
1440p	no data	6.49
4K	no data	9.79

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1809%	210−220 +1809%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1809%	210−220 +1809%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1809%	210−220 +1809%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1809%	210−220 +1809%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1805%	400−450 +1805%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 −3100%	280−290 +3100%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −1450%	180−190 +1450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −940%	150−160 +940%
Valorant	14−16 −5036%	700−750 +5036%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1809%	210−220 +1809%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1809%	210−220 +1809%
Dota 2	16−18 −994%	170−180 +994%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −554%	157 +554%
Fortnite	27−30 −962%	300−350 +962%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1805%	400−450 +1805%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 −3100%	280−290 +3100%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −1450%	180−190 +1450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −412%	210−220 +412%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −940%	150−160 +940%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −988%	170−180 +988%
Valorant	14−16 −5036%	700−750 +5036%
World of Tanks	80−85 −244%	270−280 +244%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1918%	222 +1918%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1809%	210−220 +1809%
Dota 2	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −671%	180−190 +671%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1805%	400−450 +1805%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 −3100%	280−290 +3100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −412%	210−220 +412%
Valorant	14−16 −5036%	700−750 +5036%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	4−5 −4125%	160−170 +4125%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 −1800%	95−100 +1800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −1775%	600−650 +1775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2225%	90−95 +2225%
World of Tanks	35−40 −1333%	500−550 +1333%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1143%	85−90 +1143%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1800%	95−100 +1800%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −1355%	160−170 +1355%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −3086%	220−230 +3086%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3875%	150−160 +3875%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Valorant	14−16 −3814%	500−550 +3814%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −3533%	109 +3533%
Dota 2	16−18 −1000%	180−190 +1000%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1393%	200−210 +1393%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2033%	60−65 +2033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2175%	90−95 +2175%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −1100%	36 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Dota 2	16−18 −1665%	300−310 +1665%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −2000%	100−110 +2000%
Fortnite	4−5 −2300%	95−100 +2300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1775%	75−80 +1775%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −4800%	140−150 +4800%
Valorant	5−6 −6440%	300−350 +6440%