GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking226not rated
Place by popularity74not in top-100
Power efficiency27.99no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGN20-P0GP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores20482560
Core clock speed1238 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1733 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)180 Watt
Texture fill rateno data277.3
Floating-point processing powerno data8.873 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data160

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data352.3 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 180 Watt

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

GTX 1080 11Gbps, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile
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