NVIDIA A10G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 492.5 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 6144
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163295 vs 103038
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17660 vs 16407
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1710 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate 492.5 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 9216 vs 6144
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 163295 vs 103038
PassMark - G3D Mark 17660 vs 16407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 641 vs 578
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 641 vs 578

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
163295
103038
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
578
641
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17660
16407
Name NVIDIA A10G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 163295 103038
PassMark - G2D Mark 578 641
PassMark - G3D Mark 17660 16407
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2644

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA A10G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA102 GA104
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 64 137
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1710 MHz 1245 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 985.0 GFLOPS (1:32) 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 31.52 TFLOPS (1:1) 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 31.52 TFLOPS 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 9216 6144
Pixel fill rate 164.2 GPixel/s 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 492.5 GTexel/s 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS None
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 600.2 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready