NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
28.3x more texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 180 Watt
145x more memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	52523
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4195
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7216
PassMark - G3D Mark		137
PassMark - G2D Mark		507

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R500
Code name	GP104	R580
Launch date	15 August 2016	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$499.99
Place in performance rating	280	293
Price now	$439.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	43.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1771 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2560
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready