GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

Ampere GA102

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

January 2022

January 2023

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 12-pin

Boost clock speed

1260 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

5 nm

Number of transistors

28,300 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8960

Power consumption (TDP)

350 Watt

53 Watt

Texture fill rate

478.8

Memory type

GDDR6X

LPDDR5-6400

Maximum RAM amount

12 GB

Memory bus width

384 Bit

Memory clock speed

1710 MHz

Memory bandwidth

912.4 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

HDMI

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.6

OpenCL

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.6

Vulkan

1.3