RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking63not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGN20-E8AD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)5 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores742414080
Core clock speed975 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1590 MHz2460 MHz
Number of transistorsno data76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)285 Watt
Texture fill rate292.31,082

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile and RTX 5880 Ada Generation compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 5 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 285 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile and RTX 5880 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
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