NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

71
Place in performance rating
35
no data
Value for money (0-100)
53.18
Turing
Architecture
Pascal
TU104B
Code name
GP104
Laptop
Type
Laptop
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
16 August 2016 (5 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$499.99
$1268
Price now
$230 (0.5x MSRP)
12.54
Value for money
100.00
N18E-G3-A1 MAX-Q TU104
GPU code name
N17E-G3
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2944
Pipelines
2560
735-990 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1095 MHz
Boost Clock
1771 MHz
13,600 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
201.5
Texture fill rate
283.4
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Floating-point performance
9,068 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
no data
CUDA cores
2560
2944
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1095-1230 MHz
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
13,600 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
12000 MHz
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
384.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
+
G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
+
+
Multi Monitor
+
no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
3.0
7.5
CUDA
+
no data
Multi-Projection
+
no data
Ansel
+
no data
Virtual Reality
+
no data
ShadowWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.5
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 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 RTX 2080 Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 102 84 73 62 49 28
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 137 106 104 102 75.2 41.6
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 221 194 178 123 89 54
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 234 181 115 83.3 56.6 29.7
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 156 139 136 134
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 222 156 141 137 94.1 49.8
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 RTX 2080 Max-Q

More pipelines (2944 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (80 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (384.0 GB/s vs 320 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

10.95% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($230 (0.5x MSRP) vs $1268)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile?

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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