Radeon RX 6500M 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 rated269
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.06
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104Navi 24
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)4 January 2022 (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 cores61441024
Core clock speed780 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1245 MHz2400 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate239.0153.6
Floating-point processing power15.3 TFLOPS4.915 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs19264
Tensor Cores192no data
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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
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 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s144.0 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 Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 50 Watt

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

RX 6500M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and Radeon RX 6500M. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6500M
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