GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs Tesla K20m

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking417not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.62no data
Power efficiency3.50no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110GA104
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date5 January 2013 (11 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,199 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 cores24966144
Core clock speed706 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1245 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate146.8239.0
Floating-point processing power3.524 TFLOPS15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs4096
TMUs208192
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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount5 GB8 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth208.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2013 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 8 years, a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 181.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20m and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K20m is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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