GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN20-E7 GA104
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1245 MHz
1260 MHz
Core clock speed
780 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
6144
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
239.0
478.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3