NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 with the Max-Q design is a mobile high-end GPU from the Pascal series. It is designed for thin and light laptops and about 10-15% slower than a regular GTX 1080 for laptops based on the cooling capabilities. The base frequency (1101-1290 MHz) is also much lower than on the regular GTX 1080 (1566 MHz, at least -18%) and the Boost (1278-1458 MHz) is also much lower compared to 1733 MHz (at least -16%) for the regular GTX 1080. The memory clock, however, is identical.

The clock is not the only difference compared to the regular GTX 1080 though. The drivers for the Max-Q version were optimized for efficiency (and not performance; only for Max-Q models), there are optimized voltage converters for 1V operation, high-end cooling methods, and a 40 dB limit for the fan noise (with clock adjustments to ensure this at all times).

Features

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.

The power consumption of the Max-Q design is notably lower than the normal GTX 1080 for laptops and ranges between 90 and 110 Watt (TGP) according to Nvidia.

Manufacturer

NVIDIA

GeForce GTX 1000 Series

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	3584 @ 1481 - 1600 (Boost) MHz	352 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)	5120 @ 1607 - 1733 (Boost) MHz	2x 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop)	4096 @ 1443 - 1645 (Boost) MHz	2x 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	2560 @ 1607 - 1733 (Boost) MHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	2560 @ 1566 - 1733 (Boost) MHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	2560 @ 1101 - 1290 - 1278 - 1468 (Boost) MHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	1920 @ 1506 - 1683 (Boost) MHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop)	2048 @ 1443 - 1645 (Boost) MHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	2048 @ 1101 - 1215 - 1265 - 1379 (Boost) MHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop)	1280 @ 1506 - 1708 (Boost) MHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	1280 @ 1506 - 1708 (Boost) MHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	1280 @ 1063 - 1265 - 1341 - 1480 (Boost) MHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook)	768 @ 1493 - 1620 (Boost) MHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)	768 @ 1290 - 1392 (Boost) MHz	128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	640 @ 1354 - 1455 (Boost) MHz	128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)	640 @ 1354 - 1493 (Boost) MHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	384 @ 1228 - 1670 (Boost) MHz	64 Bit @ 6000 MHz

Codename

N17E-G3 Max-Q

Architecture

Pascal

Pipelines

2560 - unified

Core Speed *

1101 - 1290 - 1278 - 1468 (Boost) MHz

Memory Speed *

10000 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5X

Max. Amount of Memory

8192 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 12_1

Power Consumption

90 - 110 Watt

Transistors

7200 Million

technology

16 nm

Features

Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

30.05.2017

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra - Power Consumption

100%

min: avg: 0 (0%) max: Watt

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Offscreen OGL off screen

100%

min: 438 avg: 438 (80%) median: 438 (80%) max: 438 fps

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Onscreen OGL on screen

100%

min: 120 avg: 120 (53%) median: 120 (53%) max: 120 fps

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Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +

3DMark - Time Spy Graphics 2560x1440

100%

min: 5636 avg: 5636 (43%) median: 5636 (43%) max: 5636 Points

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3DMark - Time Spy Score 2560x1440

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min: 5390 avg: 5390 (52%) median: 5390 (52%) max: 5390 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080

100%

min: 17151 avg: 17685 (44%) median: 17685 (44%) max: 18219 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080

100%

min: 13822 avg: 14041 (60%) median: 14041 (60%) max: 14260 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720

100%

min: 114542 avg: 114542 (70%) median: 114542 (70%) max: 114542 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720

100%

min: 27935 avg: 27935 (56%) median: 27935 (56%) max: 27935 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720

100%

min: 282127 avg: 282127 (38%) median: 282127 (38%) max: 282127 Points

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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600

100%

min: 13701 avg: 13701 (62%) median: 13701 (62%) max: 13701 Points

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

100%

min: 21816 avg: 22678 (44%) median: 22678 (44%) max: 23540 points

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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

100%

min: 16333 avg: 16718 (58%) median: 16821 (59%) max: 17000 points

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3DMark Vantage
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

P Result 1280x1024 +

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 R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +

Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +

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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.