GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
January 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1260 MHz
1350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8960
7424
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
478.8
313.2
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1710 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Portable Device Dependent
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3