GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q vs 6100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1554 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | C51 | GA103S |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 October 2004 (21 years ago) | 25 January 2022 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 7424 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 585 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1125 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.43 | 261.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 16.7 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 96 |
| TMUs | 1 | 232 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 232 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 58 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 7.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 384.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 October 2004 | 25 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 8 nm |
RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 17 years, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 6100 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 6100 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.
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