Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 25 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 22.73 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 13.74 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GA102 | TU104B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 31 May 2021 (3 years ago) | 8 June 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 10240 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 1365 MHz | 1035 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1665 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 28,300 million | 13,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 110 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 532.8 | 296.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 34.1 TFLOPS | 9.492 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 64 |
| TMUs | 320 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | 320 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 80 | 48 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 285 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | no data |
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 type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1188 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 912.4 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2.140 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 7.5 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 May 2021 | 8 June 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 110 Watt |
RTX 3080 Ti has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 218.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh is a mobile workstation one.
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