CMP 90HX vs GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104GA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)28 July 2021 (3 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 cores61446400
Core clock speed780 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1245 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate239.0342.0
Floating-point processing power15.3 TFLOPS21.89 TFLOPS
ROPs9680
TMUs192200
Tensor Cores192200
Ray Tracing Cores4850

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s760.3 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 28 July 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 10 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 320 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has 300% lower power consumption.

CMP 90HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and CMP 90HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook card while CMP 90HX is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
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