GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs GTX 780M Mac Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 780M Mac Edition
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
6.63

RTX 4080 Mobile outperforms GTX 780M Mac Edition by a whopping 874% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56829
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.7940.93
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK104AD104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 November 2013 (11 years ago)3 January 2023 (2 years ago)

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 cores15367424
Core clock speed771 MHz1290 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate102.0386.3
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS24.72 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs128232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16

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 amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s432.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.08.9

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 HD14−16
−1007%
155
+1007%
1440p10−12
−930%
103
+930%
4K6−7
−1033%
68
+1033%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 191
+0%
191
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 149
+0%
149
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 135
+0%
135
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+0%
71
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 383
+0%
383
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 172
+0%
172
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 127
+0%
127
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+0%
62
+0%
Dota 2 164
+0%
164
+0%
Far Cry 5 127
+0%
127
+0%
Fortnite 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 351
+0%
351
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 157
+0%
157
+0%
Metro Exodus 61
+0%
61
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
World of Tanks 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 113
+0%
113
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 61
+0%
61
+0%
Dota 2 165
+0%
165
+0%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 323
+0%
323
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 168
+0%
168
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 122
+0%
122
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 122
+0%
122
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
World of Tanks 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 41
+0%
41
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 237
+0%
237
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140
+0%
140
+0%
Valorant 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 53
+0%
53
+0%
Dota 2 144
+0%
144
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 144
+0%
144
+0%
Metro Exodus 67
+0%
67
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 144
+0%
144
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 17
+0%
17
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20
+0%
20
+0%
Dota 2 157
+0%
157
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Fortnite 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 122
+0%
122
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Valorant 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

This is how GTX 780M Mac Edition and RTX 4080 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 1007% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 930% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 1033% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.63 64.56
Recency 8 November 2013 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 110 Watt

RTX 4080 Mobile has a 873.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 10.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition in performance tests.


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