AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Ellesmere  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q.

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Place in performance rating
123
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Pascal
Ellesmere
Code name
GP104
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
30 May 2017 (4 years ago)
$49
Price now
$1008
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Value for money
13.24
Ellesmere
GPU code name
N17E-G3 Max-Q
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Ellesmere  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2304
Pipelines
2560
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Core clock speed
1101 - 1290 MHz
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Boost Clock
1468 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
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Texture fill rate
234.9
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Floating-point performance
7,516 gflops
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
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Boost clock speed
1278 - 1468 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Ellesmere vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q.

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Memory type
GDDR5X
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
10000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
320.3 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Ellesmere vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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CUDA
6.1
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Multi-Projection
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Ellesmere or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 94.6 67 36
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 107 76.1 46.4
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 153 93.9 78.7
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 128 96.6 51.6
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Ellesmere

Cheaper ($49 vs $1008)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

47.32% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 2304)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Ellesmere or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q .

AMD Ellesmere versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

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