GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs A100 PCIe

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

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ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGA100GA104
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 June 2020 (5 years ago)12 January 2021 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores69126144
Core clock speed1410 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1245 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1239.0
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs16096
TMUs432192
Tensor Cores432192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2eGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount40 GB8 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA8.08.6
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 June 2020 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

A100 PCIe has a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3080 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 212.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook one.

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