Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking90not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.77no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGA104GV100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)21 June 2017 (7 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 cores61445120
Core clock speed1110 MHz1312 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1530 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate296.6489.6
Floating-point processing power18.98 TFLOPS15.67 TFLOPS
ROPs96128
TMUs192320
Tensor Cores192640
Ray Tracing Cores48no data

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 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz876 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s897.0 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.21.2.131
CUDA8.67.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 3080 Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 117.4% lower power consumption.

Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
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NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
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