RTX A500 Embedded 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 ranking | not rated | 389 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 56.88 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GA104 | GA107S |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) | 30 March 2022 (3 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 | 6144 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 435 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1245 MHz | 1335 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | 8,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 239.0 | 85.44 |
| Floating-point processing power | 15.3 TFLOPS | 5.468 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 2 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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 96 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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 January 2021 | 30 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 20 Watt |
RTX 3080 Max-Q has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX A500 Embedded, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A500 Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while RTX A500 Embedded is a mobile workstation one.
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