RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Place in the ranking	111	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	18.20	21.85
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU104B	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)	5 January 2024 (less than a year 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 cores	2944	14080
Core clock speed	1380 MHz	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz	2460 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	285 Watt
Texture fill rate	292.6	1,082
Floating-point processing power	9.362 TFLOPS	69.27 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	176
TMUs	184	440
Tensor Cores	368	440
Ray Tracing Cores	46	110

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	864.0 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 outputs	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.9

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 HD	140 −114%	300−350 +114%
1440p	91 −120%	200−210 +120%
4K	61 −113%	130−140 +113%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
−117%

150−160

+117%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90 −122%	200−210 +122%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	87 −118%	190−200 +118%
Battlefield 5	155 −126%	350−400 +126%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	118 −120%	260−270 +120%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −117%	150−160 +117%
Far Cry 5	144 −108%	300−310 +108%
Far Cry New Dawn	159 −120%	350−400 +120%
Forza Horizon 4	386 −120%	850−900 +120%
Hitman 3	126 −122%	280−290 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	276 −117%	600−650 +117%
Metro Exodus	144 −108%	300−310 +108%
Red Dead Redemption 2	122 −121%	270−280 +121%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	210 −114%	450−500 +114%
Watch Dogs: Legion	279 −115%	600−650 +115%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	145 −107%	300−310 +107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74 −116%	160−170 +116%
Battlefield 5	146 −105%	300−310 +105%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110 −127%	250−260 +127%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −117%	150−160 +117%
Far Cry 5	116 −124%	260−270 +124%
Far Cry New Dawn	116 −124%	260−270 +124%
Forza Horizon 4	298 −118%	650−700 +118%
Hitman 3	122 −121%	270−280 +121%
Horizon Zero Dawn	266 −126%	600−650 +126%
Metro Exodus	144 −108%	300−310 +108%
Red Dead Redemption 2	104 −121%	230−240 +121%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 −110%	300−310 +110%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 −122%	180−190 +122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	274 −119%	600−650 +119%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	67 −124%	150−160 +124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	66 −127%	150−160 +127%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	82 −120%	180−190 +120%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −117%	150−160 +117%
Far Cry 5	84 −126%	190−200 +126%
Forza Horizon 4	139 −116%	300−310 +116%
Hitman 3	102 −125%	230−240 +125%
Horizon Zero Dawn	139 −116%	300−310 +116%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 −110%	300−310 +110%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95 −121%	210−220 +121%
Watch Dogs: Legion	71 −125%	160−170 +125%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

112

−123%

250−260
+123%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	108 −122%	240−250 +122%
Far Cry New Dawn	81 −122%	180−190 +122%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55 −118%	120−130 +118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	52 −112%	110−120 +112%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	61 −113%	130−140 +113%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −126%	70−75 +126%
Far Cry 5	67 −124%	150−160 +124%
Forza Horizon 4	280 −114%	600−650 +114%
Hitman 3	72 −122%	160−170 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	117 −122%	260−270 +122%
Metro Exodus	89 −125%	200−210 +125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95−100 −121%	210−220 +121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −128%	130−140 +128%
Watch Dogs: Legion	264 −127%	600−650 +127%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

98
−124%

220−230

+124%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55 −118%	120−130 +118%
Far Cry New Dawn	48 −108%	100−105 +108%
Hitman 3	42 −126%	95−100 +126%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120 −125%	270−280 +125%
Metro Exodus	75 −127%	170−180 +127%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65 −115%	140−150 +115%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38 −124%	85−90 +124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	34 −121%	75−80 +121%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	36 −122%	80−85 +122%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −108%	27−30 +108%
Far Cry 5	35 −114%	75−80 +114%
Forza Horizon 4	82 −120%	180−190 +120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −126%	120−130 +126%
Watch Dogs: Legion	31 −126%	70−75 +126%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

52
−112%

110−120

+112%

This is how RTX 2080 Mobile and RTX 5880 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 114% faster in 1080p
RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 120% faster in 1440p
RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 113% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.27	89.60
Recency	29 January 2019	5 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	285 Watt

RTX 2080 Mobile has 90% lower power consumption.

RTX 5880 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 128.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 5880 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile is a notebook card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.