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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is a laptop graphics processor released on May 1, 2017, built on the Pascal architecture using a 16 nm process. It has 2,560 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR5X memory on a 256-bit bus, 320.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a boost clock of 1.47 GHz. It supports OpenCL 1.2.

PascalGP104 (N17E-G3)16 nmMobile

8/10 key specs recorded · 18 facts

Depth: 16 recorded fields

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against Wikipedia and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

WikipediaWikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

2,560cores

Memory

8 GB

GDDR5X · 256-bit

Boost clock

1.47 GHz

Board power

n/a

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Pascal

Codename GP104 (N17E-G3)

Chip Not recorded

Process node 16 nm

Transistors 7,200 M

Die size 314 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is based on the Pascal architecture, uses the GP104 (N17E-G3) graphics processor, is manufactured on a 16 nm process, contains 7,200 million transistors and has a die size of 314 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,560

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 160

Render output units (ROPs) 64

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q has 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units and 64 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q.

Clock speeds

Base clock Not recorded

Boost clock 1.47 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q boosts to 1.47 GHz.

Memory

Size 8 GB

Type GDDR5X

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 320.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR5X memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 320.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Market

Launched May 1, 2017

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment mobile

Series GeForce GTX 10 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q was released on May 1, 2017.

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q supports OpenCL 1.2.

OpenCL 1.2

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q has 8 GB of GDDR5X memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 320.0 GB/s.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q released?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q was released on May 1, 2017.

Corrections to this record

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Architecture: Pascal (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GP104 -> Pascal. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

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