GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2020
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
1283 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
153.8
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
264.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2