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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 for laptops (formerly known as GTX 1080M) is the mobile counterpart of the desktop GeForce GTX 1080. It uses the same GP104 chip and was officially announced at 16. August. The performance should be around +-10% of a non overclocked desktop GTX 1080. The amount of shaders and other technical specifications should be identical.

The mobile GTX1080 is the successor to the GeForce GTX 980 for Laptops and offers a significantly higher performance at the same TDP.

For thin and light laptops Nvidia offer a Max-Q called version of the GTX 1080 with lower TDP and also significantly lower performance. Sadly this variant im sold with the same GTX 1080 name, making it hard to judge the performance.

The performance depends on the used thermal headroom, processor and game. In our benchmarks the mobile GTX 1080 was between 0 to 10 percent slower than the desktop GTX 1080. Therefore, the card also allows gaming in 4k for modern and demanding games of 2017. However, the performance depends on the cooling and TDP settings in each laptop. E.g. the MSI GT73VR (200 W TDP) is much faster than the 1080 in the Razer Blade Pro (<=150 W).

The GP104 chip is manufactured in 16nm FinFET process at TSMC and offers a range of new features. DisplayPort 1.4 (ready), HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP), improved H.265 video en- and decoders (for PlayReady 3.0) are only some of the improvements. See our detailed Pascal architecture article for more details.

Due to the high TDP, the mobile GTX 1080 is only suited for large laptops with high performance cooling solutions. The power consumption is ranging from 150 to 200 Watt (according to Nvidia, up to 220 W in the Asus G701VIK, G800, GX800). A low power version (Max-Q) is available beginning summer 2017 with a reduced TGP of 90 - 110 Watt (at a reduced performance).

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1000 Series
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (compare) 3584 @ 1481 - 1600 (Boost) MHz352 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) (compare) 5120 @ 1556 - 1733 (Boost) MHz2x 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop) (compare) 3840 @ 1506 - 1683 (Boost) MHz2x 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) (compare) 4096 @ 1443 - 1645 (Boost) MHz2x 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) (compare) 2560 @ 1607 - 1733 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) 2560 @ 1566 - 1733 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) (compare) 2432 @ 1607 - 1683 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) (compare) 1920 @ 1506 - 1683 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q (compare) 2560 @ 1101 - 1290 - 1278 - 1468 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) (compare) 2048 @ 1443 - 1645 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q (compare) 2048 @ 1101 - 1215 - 1265 - 1379 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) (compare) 1280 @ 1506 - 1708 (Boost) MHz192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) (compare) 1280 @ 1404 - 1670 (Boost) MHz192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q (compare) 1280 @ 1063 - 1265 - 1341 - 1480 (Boost) MHz192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) (compare) 768 @ 1493 - 1620 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q (compare) 768 @ 1151 – 1290 - 1290 – 1417 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) (compare) 768 @ 1290 - 1392 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) (compare) 640 @ 1354 - 1455 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) (compare) 640 @ 1354 - 1493 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q (compare) 640 @ 999 - 1189 - 1139 - 1328 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) (compare) 384 @ 1228 - 1670 (Boost) MHz64 Bit @ 6000 MHz
CodenameN17E-G3
ArchitecturePascal
Pipelines2560 - unified
Core Speed1566 - 1733 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed10000 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5X
Max. Amount of Memory8192 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 12_1
Transistor Count7200 Million
technology16 nm
FeaturesMulti-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement16.08.2016
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series...

Benchmarks

3DMark - Time Spy Score 2560x1440
min: 5989     avg: 6445.1     median: 6563 (62%)     max: 6942 Points
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3DMark - Time Spy Graphics 2560x1440
min: 6380     avg: 6861.4     median: 6927 (53%)     max: 7166 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen
min: 304012     avg: 398130     median: 409018 (87%)     max: 471794 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080
min: 186545     avg: 307862     median: 345006 (47%)     max: 390417 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
min: 22675     avg: 32660.9     median: 32489 (66%)     max: 42660 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 88432     avg: 124283     median: 125447 (68%)     max: 143992 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
min: 14301     avg: 16880.1     median: 16980 (63%)     max: 19250 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
min: 18879     avg: 21360.8     median: 21501 (53%)     max: 23091 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 205005     avg: 368469     median: 386432 (52%)     max: 491460 Points
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 16156     avg: 20388.7     median: 20395 (68%)     max: 23488 points
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 24868     avg: 28177.2     median: 28526.5 (56%)     max: 31412 points
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3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
181125 Points (100%)
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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
37669 Points (81%)
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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Extreme HD DirectX 1920x1080
95.9 fps (67%)
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - DX 11, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080
225.2 fps (84%)
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - OpenGL, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080
172.8 fps (100%)
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
224.2 fps (100%)
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SPECviewperf 12
Solidworks (sw-03) 1900x1060 +
Siemens NX (snx-02) 1900x1060 +
Showcase (showcase-01) 1900x1060 +
Medical (medical-01) 1900x1060 +
Maya (maya-04) 1900x1060 +
Energy (energy-01) 1900x1060 +
Creo (creo-01) 1900x1060 +
Catia (catia-04) 1900x1060 +
Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +
Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +
Ref. Match 64Bit +
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
min: 2194     avg: 2230.5     median: 2230.5 (42%)     max: 2267 Samples/s
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only
min: 4178     avg: 4525     median: 4525 (43%)     max: 4872 Samples/s
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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
min: 15310     avg: 16405.1     median: 16459 (74%)     max: 16906 Points
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra 1920x1080 *
220 Watt (52%)
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra - Power Consumption *
min: 172.2     avg: 234.6     median: 252 (55%)     max: 279 Watt
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 1670     avg: 1795.8     median: 1810 (95%)     max: 1911 MHz
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark 1.19 GPU Stress Test 1280x720
1407 MHz (84%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

2018
low 1280x720
102  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
91  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
87 113 120 120 ~ 110 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
83 103 113 113 ~ 103 fps    + Compare
3840x2160
40  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Ultra Preset TAA 2560x1440
74
X-Plane 11.11

X-Plane 11.11

2018
low 1280x720
83.1  fps    + Compare