GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs RTX 2080

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	64	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.64	no data
Power efficiency	15.69	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 September 2018 (6 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2944	6144
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1245 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	314.6	239.0
Floating-point processing power	10.07 TFLOPS	15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	96
TMUs	184	192
Tensor Cores	368	192
Ray Tracing Cores	46	48

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	384.0 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
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 compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	7.5	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 September 2018	12 January 2021
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	80 Watt

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