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

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking203not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.72no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA103S
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)25 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 cores25607424
Core clock speed1290 MHz585 MHz
Boost clock speed1468 MHz1125 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate234.9261.0
Floating-point processing power7.516 TFLOPS16.7 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs160232
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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1251 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.3 GB/s384.0 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
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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