GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs GTX 460 v2 ES

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	86
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GF114	GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	24 September 2011 (12 years old)	12 January 2021 (3 years old)

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	336	6144
Core clock speed	779 MHz	780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	43.62	296.6

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.3 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 mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	2.1	8.6

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	24 September 2011	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	150 Watt

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