RTX A500 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated307
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.30
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104GA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)10 November 2021 (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 cores61442048
Core clock speed780 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1245 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate239.0113.3
Floating-point processing power15.3 TFLOPS7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs19264
Tensor Cores19264
Ray Tracing Cores4816

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 4.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s112.0 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
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