RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile with RTX 5880 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
37.42

RTX 5880 Ada Generation outperforms GTX 1080 SLI Mobile by a whopping 140% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1263
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.72
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIAD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)5 January 2024 (1 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 cores512014080
Core clock speed1556 MHz975 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz2460 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data285 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,082
Floating-point processing powerno data69.27 TFLOPS
ROPsno data176
TMUsno data440
Tensor Coresno data440
Ray Tracing Coresno data110

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 data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data864.0 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 Connectorsno data4x 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.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+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 HD136
−121%
300−350
+121%
4K96
−140%
230−240
+140%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 75−80
−134%
180−190
+134%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−128%
180−190
+128%
Elden Ring 130−140
−131%
300−310
+131%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
−135%
240−250
+135%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
−134%
180−190
+134%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−128%
180−190
+128%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−123%
400−450
+123%
Metro Exodus 90−95
−131%
210−220
+131%
Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
−130%
170−180
+130%
Valorant 140−150
−135%
350−400
+135%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
−135%
240−250
+135%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
−134%
180−190
+134%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−128%
180−190
+128%
Dota 2 110−120
−137%
280−290
+137%
Elden Ring 130−140
−131%
300−310
+131%
Far Cry 5 95−100
−132%
220−230
+132%
Fortnite 160−170
−111%
350−400
+111%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−123%
400−450
+123%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120
−137%
280−290
+137%
Metro Exodus 90−95
−131%
210−220
+131%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 116
−133%
270−280
+133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
−130%
170−180
+130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 169
−137%
400−450
+137%
Valorant 140−150
−135%
350−400
+135%
World of Tanks 270−280
−133%
650−700
+133%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
−135%
240−250
+135%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
−134%
180−190
+134%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−128%
180−190
+128%
Dota 2 110−120
−137%
280−290
+137%
Far Cry 5 95−100
−132%
220−230
+132%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−123%
400−450
+123%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 83
−129%
190−200
+129%
Valorant 140−150
−135%
350−400
+135%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 65−70
−132%
160−170
+132%
Elden Ring 75−80
−140%
180−190
+140%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
−132%
160−170
+132%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
−129%
400−450
+129%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−130%
85−90
+130%
World of Tanks 230−240
−131%
550−600
+131%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
−129%
160−170
+129%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
−130%
85−90
+130%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−130%
85−90
+130%
Far Cry 5 120−130
−133%
280−290
+133%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
−134%
250−260
+134%
Metro Exodus 80−85
−132%
190−200
+132%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
−134%
150−160
+134%
Valorant 110−120
−135%
270−280
+135%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
−137%
90−95
+137%
Dota 2 70−75
−136%
170−180
+136%
Elden Ring 35−40
−129%
80−85
+129%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
−136%
170−180
+136%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−126%
70−75
+126%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 169
−137%
400−450
+137%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−129%
55−60
+129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
−136%
170−180
+136%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−133%
100−105
+133%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
−137%
90−95
+137%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−119%
35−40
+119%
Dota 2 70−75
−136%
170−180
+136%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−122%
120−130
+122%
Fortnite 50−55
−131%
120−130
+131%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−130%
140−150
+130%
Valorant 60−65
−133%
140−150
+133%

This is how GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and RTX 5880 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 121% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 140% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.42 89.92
Recency 16 August 2016 5 January 2024
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm

RTX 5880 Ada Generation has a 140.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 5880 Ada Generation 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 RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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