GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB vs RTX 4080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking27not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency40.63no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameAD104GP102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)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 cores74243200
Core clock speed1290 MHz1557 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHz1670 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate386.3334.0
Floating-point processing power24.72 TFLOPS10.69 TFLOPS
ROPs8080
TMUs232200
Tensor Cores232no data
Ray Tracing Cores58no data

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
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 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 amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth432.0 GB/s528.4 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.96.1

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 4 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 4080 Mobile has a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
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