NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA104GPU NameGP104
GA104-775-A1Model numberN17E-G3-A1
AmpereArchitecturePascal
SamsungFoundryTSMC
8 nmProcess Size16 nm
17,400 millionTransistors7,200 million
392 mm²Die Size314 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 12th, 2021Release DateJun 27th, 2017
GeForce 30 MobileFamilyGeForce 10 Mobile
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 20 MobilePredecessorGeForce 900M
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

8 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5X
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
384.0 GB/sBandwidth320.3 GB/s

Performance

119.5 GPixel/sPixel fillrate93.95 GPixel/s
239.0 GTexel/sTexture fillrate234.9 GTexel/s
15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)FP16 (half) performance117.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
15.30 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance7.516 TFLOPS
239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)FP64 (double) performance234.9 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

780 MHzBase Clock1290 MHz
1245 MHzBoost Clock1468 MHz
1500 MHz
12 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1251 MHz
10 Gbps effective

Render Config

6144Shading Units2560
192TMUs160
96ROPs64
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SM)
4 MBL2 Cache2 MB
48SM Count20

Board Design

80 WThermal design power (TDP)150 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.4
8.6CUDA6.1