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    GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q vs Radeon RX 5500M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 5500M, 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 5500M, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 5500M 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 5500M here:

    GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Laptops
    Radeon RX 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Radeon RX 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 85 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5X GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q has 76% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 226 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q.
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 4000 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 50−55 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 35−40 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 27−30 7−8
    4K / 2160p 16−18 5−6
    low / 720p 80−85 40−45
    medium / 1080p 60−65 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 142% more, than Radeon RX 5500M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Radeon RX 5500M
    Architecture Pascal Navi / RDNA
    Code name N17E-G3 Max-Q Navi 14 / R19M-E85
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 30 May 2017 29 September 2019
    Pipelines 2560 1408
    Core clock speed 1101 - 1290 MHz 1327 MHz
    Boost Clock 1278 - 1468 MHz 1645 MHz
    Transistor count 7,200 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 234.9 144.8
    Floating-point performance 7,516 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 10000 MHz 14000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    VR Ready +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.5
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    CUDA 6.1
    Laptop size large medium sized
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