GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop vs Radeon RX 570
The GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop is dramatically faster than the Radeon RX 570, leading by roughly 133% in our performance index.
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GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop vs Radeon RX 570: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop vs Radeon RX 570
The GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop is dramatically faster, around 133% ahead of the Radeon RX 570. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop is comfortable at 1080p, while the Radeon RX 570 is better matched to entry-level 1080p.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 8GB against 4GB, the GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the Radeon RX 570's 4GB can fall short.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Radeon RX 570 offers AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop or Radeon RX 570?
The GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop is the faster card by about 133%. Since one of these is a laptop GPU, its listed price covers the whole system rather than just the chip, so it isn't directly comparable — base your decision on the spec differences above.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Technical Specifications Comparison
Architecture & Cores
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop | Radeon RX 570 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 4.0 (Polaris) |
| Process Node | TSMC 16nm | GloFo 14nm |
| CUDA Cores (CUDA Cores / Stream Processors) | 2,560✓ | 2,048 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 0 | — |
| Tensor / AI Cores | 0 | — |
Clock Speeds
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop | Radeon RX 570 |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1,556 MHz✓ | 1,168 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1,733 MHz✓ | 1,244 MHz |
Memory
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop | Radeon RX 570 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM Capacity | 8 GB✓ | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Speed | 10 Gbps✓ | 7 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s✓ | 224 GB/s |
Connectivity & Power
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop | Radeon RX 570 |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TDP | 150 W | 150 W |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
| Released | Aug 2016 | Apr 2017 |
