NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1140 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 394.8 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 8 GB

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1140 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Around 37% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 4480
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Pipelines	6144 vs 4480
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Name	NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark		16407
PassMark - G2D Mark		641
Geekbench - OpenCL		103038
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 CMP 170HX 10 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	137
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1245 MHz
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4480	6144
Pixel fill rate	180.5 GPixel/s	119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel/s	239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		15.30 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,555 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready