Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data53.47
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP104AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

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 cores25602048
Core clock speed1607 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3129.6
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s128.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1080 11Gbps has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 414.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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