GeForce RTX 3090 vs GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile with GeForce RTX 3090, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
37.31

RTX 3090 outperforms GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by an impressive 86% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12523
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.88
Power efficiencyno data13.68
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores512010496
Core clock speed1556 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rateno data556.0
Floating-point processing powerno data35.58 TFLOPS
ROPsno data112
TMUsno data328
Tensor Coresno data328
Ray Tracing Coresno data82

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz1219 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data936.2 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 data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
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.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA+8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 37.31
RTX 3090 69.29
+85.7%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 49645
RTX 3090 61518
+23.9%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 55056
RTX 3090 124350
+126%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 39902
RTX 3090 47241
+18.4%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 172848
RTX 3090 231612
+34%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 443627
RTX 3090 779348
+75.7%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 142
RTX 3090 300
+111%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 60
RTX 3090 105
+75.6%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 12
RTX 3090 16
+41.4%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 80
RTX 3090 170
+112%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 55
RTX 3090 93
+68.4%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 47
RTX 3090 86
+84.8%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 103
RTX 3090 262
+155%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 10
RTX 3090 26
+161%

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 HD139
−46%
203
+46%
1440p70−75
−91.4%
134
+91.4%
4K97
+9%
89
−9%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data7.38
1440pno data11.19
4Kno data16.84

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−218%
207
+218%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
−98.8%
159
+98.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−75.4%
114
+75.4%
Battlefield 5 120−130
−83.5%
220−230
+83.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
−56.6%
110−120
+56.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−171%
176
+171%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−42.7%
110−120
+42.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
−79.8%
160−170
+79.8%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−27.3%
230−240
+27.3%
Hitman 3 80−85
−46.3%
117
+46.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−60.1%
250−260
+60.1%
Metro Exodus 120−130
−18%
144
+18%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
−46.1%
130
+46.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
−115%
290−300
+115%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−58.7%
200
+58.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
−209%
247
+209%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−61.5%
105
+61.5%
Battlefield 5 120−130
−83.5%
220−230
+83.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
−56.6%
110−120
+56.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−132%
151
+132%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−42.7%
110−120
+42.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
−79.8%
160−170
+79.8%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−27.3%
230−240
+27.3%
Hitman 3 80−85
−46.3%
117
+46.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−60.1%
250−260
+60.1%
Metro Exodus 120−130
−18%
144
+18%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
−37.1%
120−130
+37.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
−196%
402
+196%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 162
+8.7%
140−150
−8.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−57.9%
199
+57.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
−35%
108
+35%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−40%
91
+40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
−56.6%
110−120
+56.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−106%
134
+106%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−42.7%
110−120
+42.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−16%
217
+16%
Hitman 3 80−85
−45%
116
+45%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−86.7%
295
+86.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
−158%
351
+158%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115
−57.4%
181
+57.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+17.8%
107
−17.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
−44.9%
129
+44.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
−129%
160−170
+129%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−93%
110−120
+93%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−127%
93
+127%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−92.7%
79
+92.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−84.1%
80−85
+84.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−221%
93
+221%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−88.4%
80−85
+88.4%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
−27.2%
270−280
+27.2%
Hitman 3 45−50
−140%
115
+140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
−188%
233
+188%
Metro Exodus 70−75
−95.8%
139
+95.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
−196%
266
+196%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−181%
152
+181%
Watch Dogs: Legion 180−190
−8.6%
203
+8.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−95.4%
127
+95.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−129%
85−90
+129%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
−123%
65−70
+123%
Hitman 3 30−35
−168%
83
+168%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
−27.7%
220−230
+27.7%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−200%
141
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
−75.9%
153
+75.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−180%
70
+180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−148%
57
+148%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−113%
50−55
+113%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−283%
46
+283%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−127%
50−55
+127%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−194%
153
+194%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−212%
159
+212%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−216%
60
+216%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−236%
111
+236%

This is how GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and RTX 3090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3090 is 46% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3090 is 91% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 9% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 18% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3090 is 283% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • RTX 3090 is ahead in 70 tests (97%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.31 69.29
Recency 16 August 2016 1 September 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm

RTX 3090 has a 85.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 is a desktop one.


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