GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and PG506-242 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

PG506-242

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

GN20-E7 GA104

GA100

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

January 2021

April 2021

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

None

8-pin EPS

Boost clock speed

1245 MHz

1440 MHz

Core clock speed

780 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

7 nm

Number of transistors

17,400 million

54,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

6144

3584

Power consumption (TDP)

80 Watt

165 Watt

Texture fill rate

239.0

322.6

Memory type

GDDR6

HBM2

Maximum RAM amount

16 GB

24 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

3072 Bit

Memory clock speed

6000 MHz

2.4 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

320.0 GB/s

933.1 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

No outputs

HDMI

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

N/A

CUDA

8.6

8.0

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

N/A

Shader Model

6.5

N/A

Vulkan

1.2

N/A