Radeon Pro W6800X Duo vs GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)3 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,999

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 cores61443840
Core clock speed780 MHz1800 MHz
Boost clock speed1245 MHz1967 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate239.0472.1
Floating-point processing power15.3 TFLOPS15.11 TFLOPS
ROPs9696
TMUs192240
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores4860

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 x16Apple MPX
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno dataQuad-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 GB32 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s512.0 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 outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMI-+

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
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 3 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 400 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has 400% lower power consumption.

Pro W6800X Duo, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and Radeon Pro W6800X Duo. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook card while Radeon Pro W6800X Duo is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
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