AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
123
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Pascal
Caicos
Code name
GP104
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
30 May 2017 (4 years ago)
$10.38
Price now
$1008
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Value for money
13.24
Caicos
GPU code name
N17E-G3 Max-Q
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
2560
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Core clock speed
1101 - 1290 MHz
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Boost Clock
1468 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
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Texture fill rate
234.9
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Floating-point performance
7,516 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
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Boost clock speed
1278 - 1468 MHz
370 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5X
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
10000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
320.3 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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CUDA
6.1
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Multi-Projection
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 94.6 67 36
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 107 76.1 46.4
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 153 93.9 78.7
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 128 96.6 51.6
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $1008)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

48.36% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q .

AMD Caicos versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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