GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs ATI Radeon HD 2950 XTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV670GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data12 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 cores3206144
Core clock speed777 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1245 MHz
Number of transistors666 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate12.43239.0
Floating-point processing power0.4973 TFLOPS15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs16192
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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1126 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.06 GB/s384.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 37.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2950 XTX and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 2950 XTX is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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