GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs HD Graphics 505

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1120not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.92no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameApollo Lake GT1.5GP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2016 (8 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 cores1442560
Core clock speed200 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHz1733 MHz
Number of transistors189 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate11.70277.3
Floating-point processing power0.1872 TFLOPS8.873 TFLOPS
ROPs364
TMUs18160

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1376 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2016 20 April 2017
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 180 Watt

HD Graphics 505 has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1700% lower power consumption.

GTX 1080 11Gbps, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 505 and GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 505 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop one.


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Intel HD Graphics 505
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