GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q vs Quadro FX 3000

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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
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV35GA103S
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 July 2003 (21 year ago)25 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$203 no data

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 coresno data7424
Core clock speed400 MHz585 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1125 MHz
Number of transistors135 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rate3.200261.0
Floating-point processing powerno data16.7 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs8232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x MolexNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed425 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth27.2 GB/s384.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 July 2003 25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 8 nm

RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 18 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

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

Be aware that Quadro FX 3000 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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