Radeon Instinct MI300X vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 184 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 31.04 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024) |
| GPU code name | TU104 | Aqua Vanjaram |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 2 April 2020 (5 years ago) | 6 December 2023 (2 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 | 3072 | 19456 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1080 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,600 million | 153,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 207.4 | 2,554 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.636 TFLOPS | 81.72 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | no data |
| TMUs | 192 | 1216 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | 1216 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 3 MB | 4.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 256 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 | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | OAM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR6 | HBM3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 2525 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 352.0 GB/s | 5,171 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 April 2020 | 6 December 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 192 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 750 Watt |
RTX 2080 Super Max-Q has 837.5% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI300X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and Radeon Instinct MI300X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI300X is a workstation one.
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