GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
GN20-E7 GA104
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
1245 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
6144
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
239.0
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
320.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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