GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q vs RTX 3080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking19not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.70no data
Power efficiency13.77no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date31 May 2021 (3 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores102407424
Core clock speed1365 MHz795 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate532.8313.2
Floating-point processing power34.1 TFLOPS20.04 TFLOPS
ROPs11280
TMUs320232
Tensor Cores320232
Ray Tracing Cores8058

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length285 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth912.4 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2021 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 4080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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