GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile

Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameBaffinGA104
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date1 March 2017 (8 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 cores10246144
Core clock speed1002 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1053 MHz1245 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate67.39239.0
Floating-point processing power2.157 TFLOPS15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs64192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48
L1 Cache256 KB6 MB
L2 Cache1024 KB4 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 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_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2017 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 80 Watt

Pro WX 4170 Mobile has 60% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.

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AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile
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