NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 380X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 1771 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 9,068 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20151 vs 9685
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4646 vs 3717
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4195 vs 3361
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20151 vs 9685
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4646 vs 3717
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4195 vs 3361
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7208 vs 3053
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 19 November 2015
Boost clock speed 1771 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate 283.4 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 9,068 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20151 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4646 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4195 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20151 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4646 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4195 vs 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7208 vs 3053

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

  • 97x more memory clock speed: 970 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Memory clock speed 970 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20151
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4646
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4195
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20151
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4646
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4195
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7208
3053
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 380X
Geekbench - OpenCL 52401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20151 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4646 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4195 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20151 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4646 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4195 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7208 3053
PassMark - G3D Mark 6229
PassMark - G2D Mark 667

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 380X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP104 Antigua
Launch date 15 August 2016 19 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $499.99 $229
Place in performance rating 280 314
Price now $439.99 $528.44
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 43.70 15.61
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1771 MHz 970 MHz
Core clock speed 1607 MHz
CUDA cores 2560
Floating-point performance 9,068 gflops 3,973 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 2560 2048
Texture fill rate 283.4 GTexel / s 124.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 5,000 million
Compute units 32
Stream Processors 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bridgeless CrossFire
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors ​2 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB / s 182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 bit
Memory clock speed 10 GB/s 970 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore