
GeForce 256 DDR and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile - video card comparison
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
December 1999
January 2021
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Boost clock speed
-
1245 - 1710 MHz
Core clock speed
120 MHz
780 - 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
6144
Power consumption (TDP)
-
150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
0.48
296.6
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
16 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
300 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
384.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x VGA
No outputs
DirectX
7.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
1.2
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2