NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 Fury 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 77% higher boost clock speed: 1771 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 224.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 27% better floating-point performance: 9,068 gflops vs 7,168 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.103 vs 140.274
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.035 vs 13.082
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 819.934 vs 789.536
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20151 vs 10116
  • 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 3356
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20151 vs 10116
  • 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 3356
  • Around 52% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7216 vs 4739
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 10 July 2015
Boost clock speed 1771 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 283.4 GTexel / s vs 224.0 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 9,068 gflops vs 7,168 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103 vs 140.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035 vs 13.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934 vs 789.536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20151 vs 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4646 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4195 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20151 vs 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4646 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4195 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7216 vs 4739

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Fury

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2560
  • 50x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 10 GB/s
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53724 vs 52523
  • Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3595.432 vs 2036.763
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 132.701 vs 27.417
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 3584 vs 2560
Memory clock speed 500 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 53724 vs 52523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3595.432 vs 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 132.701 vs 27.417

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
52523
53724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.103
140.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2036.763
3595.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.035
13.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.417
132.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
819.934
789.536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20151
10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4646
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4195
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20151
10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4646
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4195
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7216
4739
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 Fury
Geekbench - OpenCL 52523 53724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103 140.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2036.763 3595.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035 13.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.417 132.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934 789.536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20151 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4646 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4195 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20151 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4646 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4195 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7216 4739
PassMark - G3D Mark 9592
PassMark - G2D Mark 796

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP104 Fiji
Launch date 15 August 2016 10 July 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $499.99 $549
Place in performance rating 280 277
Price now $439.99 $399.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 43.70 35.98
Design AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1771 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1607 MHz
CUDA cores 2560
Floating-point performance 9,068 gflops 7,168 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 2560 3584
Texture fill rate 283.4 GTexel / s 224.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 8,900 million
Compute units 56
Stream Processors 3584

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI 1x HDMI, 3x 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
Supplementary power connectors ​2x 8-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 512 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 4096 bit
Memory clock speed 10 GB/s 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Shared memory 0 0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)