GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking530not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency35.25no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameTU117GA104
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date2 December 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 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 cores8966144
Core clock speed1365 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1245 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate94.92239.0
Floating-point processing power3.037 TFLOPS15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs56192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA7.58.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 December 2020 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 80 Watt

T500 Mobile has 344.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro T500 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.

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NVIDIA Quadro T500 Mobile
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