Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Primary details

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

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ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGA104TU106
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date12 January 2021 (4 years ago)27 May 2019 (6 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 cores61441920 ×2
Core clock speed780 MHz945 MHz
Boost clock speed1245 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate239.0165.6 ×2
Floating-point processing power15.3 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs9664 ×2
TMUs192120 ×2
Tensor Cores192240 ×2
Ray Tracing Cores4830 ×2
L1 Cache6 MB1.9 MB
L2 Cache4 MB4 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB ×2
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s336.0 GB/s ×2
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.67.5
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 160 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
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