Quadro NVS 450 vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile with Quadro NVS 450, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
37.34
+21865%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms NVS 450 by a whopping 21865% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1261410
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.33
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIG98
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)11 November 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$163.14

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores51208
Core clock speed1556 MHz480 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHzno data
Number of transistors14400 Million210 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.840
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0192 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data11.2 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 data4x DisplayPort
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_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+1.1

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 HD1370−1
4K89-0−1

Cost per frame, $

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Battlefield 5 120−130 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1
Far Cry 5 80−85 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 180−190 0−1
Hitman 3 80−85 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160 0−1
Metro Exodus 120−130 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Battlefield 5 120−130 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1
Far Cry 5 80−85 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 180−190 0−1
Hitman 3 80−85 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160 0−1
Metro Exodus 120−130 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 162 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 0−1
Far Cry 5 80−85 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 180−190 0−1
Hitman 3 80−85 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30 0−1
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 210−220 0−1
Hitman 3 45−50 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85 0−1
Metro Exodus 70−75 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 180−190 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35 0−1
Hitman 3 30−35 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180 0−1
Metro Exodus 45−50 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 50−55 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.34 0.17
Recency 16 August 2016 11 November 2008
Chip lithography 16 nm 65 nm

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile has a 21864.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Quadro NVS 450 is a workstation one.


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