NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

Place in performance rating
35
Value for money (0-100)
53.18
Ampere
Architecture
Pascal
GA104
Code name
GP104
Laptop
Type
Laptop
04 January 2021
Release date
16 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)
$499.99
Price now
$230 (0.5x MSRP)
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Value for money
100.00
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GPU code name
N17E-G3
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Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

5120
Pipelines
2560
780 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1290 MHz
Boost Clock
1771 MHz
17,400 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
206.4 GTexel/s
Texture fill rate
283.4
13.21 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance
9,068 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
8.6
CUDA cores
2560
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
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Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile.

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
large
Laptop size
large
SLI options
+
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 3070 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
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 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
G-SYNC support
+
Multi monitor support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is the additional functionality.

VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
+
3D Vision
+
GPU Boost
3.0
CUDA
+
Multi-Projection
+
Ansel
+
Virtual Reality
+
ShadowWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070 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 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 102 84 73 62 49 28
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 137 106 104 102 75.2 41.6
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 221 194 178 123 89 54
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 234 181 115 83.3 56.6 29.7
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
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 3070 Max-Q

More pipelines (5120 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (80 W vs 150 Watt)

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

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070 Max-Q versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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