GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs 8100 + nForce 720a
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | C78 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 6 May 2008 (17 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 cores | 16 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1290 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 206.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0384 TFLOPS | 13.21 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 80 |
| TMUs | 8 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 40 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 5 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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| 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 | 8 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 May 2008 | 12 January 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 80 Watt |
8100 + nForce 720a has 100% lower power consumption.
RTX 3070 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook one.
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