Tesla C1080 vs GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

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 efficiency41.25no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameAD104GT200B
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)9 April 2009 (15 years 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 cores7424240
Core clock speed1290 MHz610 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHzno data
Number of transistors35,800 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt188 Watt
Texture fill rate386.348.80
Floating-point processing power24.72 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs8032
TMUs23280
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 2.0 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 typeGDDR6GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth432.0 GB/s102.4 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 DependentNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.74.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.91.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2023 9 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 4 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 188 Watt

RTX 4080 Mobile has an age advantage of 13 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1275% more advanced lithography process, and 70.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and Tesla C1080. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla C1080 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
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