GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs Playstation 3 RSX

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated92
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data25.49
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRSX-CXD2991GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 November 2006 (18 years ago)12 January 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 coresno data6144
Core clock speed550 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1545 MHz
Number of transistors300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)81 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rateno data296.6
Floating-point processing powerno data18.98 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLES 1.14.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2006 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 81 Watt 115 Watt

Playstation 3 RSX has 42% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Playstation 3 RSX and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Playstation 3 RSX is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Playstation 3 RSX
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