GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs 7950 GX2

Place in performance ranking	1183	86
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	G71	GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 June 2006 (17 years old)	12 January 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data
Current price	$252 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	6144
Core clock speed	500 MHz	780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	12.00	296.6

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 7950 GX2 and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	270 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

Memory

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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API support

List of supported graphics 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	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −12200%	123 +12200%
1440p	0−1	80
4K	0−1	51

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.52	41.70
Recency	5 June 2006	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	150 Watt