GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs FX Go 5600 / 5650

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV31MGA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)12 January 2021 (3 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 cores56144
Core clock speed1 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed350 MHz1245 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data239.0
Floating-point processing powerno data15.3 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDR12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 8 nm

RTX 3080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 17 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

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NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650
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