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    GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 480 mobile, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q stacks up against Radeon RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 480 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q or Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

    GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Laptops
    Radeon RX 480 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 480 mobile have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is 2000 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 50−55 12−14
    ultra / 1080p 35−40 7−8
    QHD / 1440p 27−30 0−1
    4K / 2160p 16−18 −
    low / 720p 80−85 27−30
    medium / 1080p 60−65 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 262% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Architecture Pascal Polaris
    Code name N17E-G3 Max-Q Polaris
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 30 May 2017 1 August 2016
    Pipelines 2560 2304
    Core clock speed 1101 - 1290 MHz
    Boost Clock 1278 - 1468 MHz 1077 MHz
    Transistor count 7,200 million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 234.9 155.1
    Floating-point performance 7,516 gflops 4,963 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 10000 MHz 8000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    VR Ready +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    CUDA 6.1
    Laptop size large large
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