NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

18
Place in performance rating
854
27.64
Value for money (0-100)
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Pascal
Architecture
GCN
Pascal GP104 SLI
Code name
Topaz
Laptop
Type
Laptop
16 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
1 May 2014 (7 years ago)
$352
Price now
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74.40
Value for money
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Pascal GP104 SLI
GPU code name
Topaz Pro / Sun
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

5120
Pipelines
384
1556 MHz
Core clock speed
940 MHz
1733 MHz
Boost Clock
940 MHz
14400 Million
Transistor count
1,550 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Texture fill rate
22.56
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Floating-point performance
721.9 gflops
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Compute units
5
5120
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1733 MHz
Boost clock speed
940 MHz
14400 Million
Number of transistors
1,550 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
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SLI options
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x8

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2x 8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
10000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
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Eyefinity
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255 is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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3D Vision
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GPU Boost
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CUDA
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GeForce Experience
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Surround
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Multi-Projection
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
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AppAcceleration
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HD3D
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PowerTune
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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PowerPlay
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12_1
DirectX
DirectX® 11
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OpenGL
4.4
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Vulkan
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M255 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile or AMD Radeon R5 M255 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M255
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M255 8.5
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

83.17% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (5120 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M255

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2x 8 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile or AMD Radeon R5 M255?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile versus AMD Radeon R5 M255 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
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