Intel Core i9-10980HK & NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Combo Is As SUPER As Gaming Notebooks Can Get-August 2024-www.yitit.com

Days have gone when there was a huge performance penalty for going with a laptop PC versus a desktop setup with the latter offering more horsepower and better specifications. As of late, Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA have been working really hard to keep specification parity between the hardware offered on both platforms and looks like we will soon be getting the most powerful laptop released to date.

Intel 10th Generation Core i9-10980HK & NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q Is As Good As Gaming Notebooks Can Get in 2020

We knew it for a while that both Intel and NVIDIA are refreshing their CPU and GPU lineups with faster specifications. Intel is soon going to release its 10th Generation Comet Lake-H mobility line while NVIDIA will be refreshing its GeForce RTX lineup to GeForce RTX SUPER in the coming weeks.

We haven't yet seen any notebook announcements featuring the said specifications since neither NVIDIA or Intel have officially launched the said families yet but one high-end configuration has been spotted by _Rogame which boasts some really impressive specifications.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q GPU & Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU based gaming notebook was spotted in the AOTS benchmark database.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q GPU & Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU based gaming notebook was spotted in the AOTS benchmark database. (Image Credits: _Rogame)

The said gaming notebook configuration rocks the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q GPU and an Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU. Just before I proceed with more information on this config, let's take a look at the specifications of the CPU and GPU in detail.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q Mobility GPU Specs

The specific variant is in a Max-Q design which runs at lower clock speeds than the standard variant but offers better performance per watt for longer battery life and cooler/quieter operation in gaming laptops. The RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q is configured with 48 SMs which equals 3072 CUDA cores and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. The Max-Q solution is listed with a maximum frequency of 1230 MHz but as told earlier, Max-Q variants operate at lower clock speeds than standard mobile GPUs. The Max-Q variant has a lower TGP of 80W compared to the 150W+ TGP of the standard RTX 2080 SUPER mobility GPU.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX SUPER Mobility GPU Lineup Specs:

Graphics Card Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Notebook	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Refresh	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Refresh	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Codename	N18P-G62	N18E-G1-B	N18E-G1R	N18E-G2R	N18E-G3R
Architecture	Turing TU116	Turing TU106	Turing TU104	Turing TU104	Turing TU104
Process Node	12nm FinFET NVIDIA	12nm FinFET NVIDIA	12nm FinFET NVIDIA	12nm FinFET NVIDIA	12nm FinFET NVIDIA
SMs	16	30	36	40	48
CUDA Cores	1024	1920	2304	2560	3072
Standard Max Boost Clock	1485 MHz	1285 MHz	1485 MHz	1380 MHz	1560 MHz
Max-Q Max Boost Clock	1200 MHz	TBC	TBC	1155 MHz	1080 MHz
VRAM	4 GB GDDR6	6 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory Bus	128-bit	192-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	12 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps
Memory Bandwdith	192 GB/s	336 GB/s	448 GB/s	448 GB/s	448 GB/s
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	35W (Standard) 55W (Max-Q)	115W (Standard)	115W (Standard)	115W (Standard) 80 (Max-Q)	150W+ (Standard) 80 (Max-Q)