NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.36 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip AD107
Pascal Architecture Ada Lovelace
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2560 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 96 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a turbo clock of 1.733 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 2.355 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 2.070 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 2.355 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking No

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is Unknown.

180 W TDP 110 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is cooled by a --.

Radial Fan-Type --
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type --
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports --
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports --
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 38 mm and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

267 mm Length --
111 mm Height --
38 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 was released in Q2/2016.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) published in Q1/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 4 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2023
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price --
16 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
3319

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

2560x1440 (1440p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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