NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs AMD FireStream 9370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and AMD FireStream 9370 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 GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

AMD FireStream 9370

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3621.2x more texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 6144 vs 1600
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 40 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16423 vs 2528

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 23 June 2010
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	6144 vs 1600
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16423 vs 2528

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9370

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 780 MHz
3.1x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 763 vs 641

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 780 MHz
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	763 vs 641

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9370

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16423

2528

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

641

763

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	AMD FireStream 9370
PassMark - G3D Mark	16423	2528
PassMark - G2D Mark	641	763
Geekbench - OpenCL	101112
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	2659

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	AMD FireStream 9370
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	TeraScale 2
Code name	GA104	Cypress
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	23 June 2010
Place in performance rating	139	134
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
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
Pipelines	6144	1600
Pixel fill rate	119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	2,154 million
Floating-point performance		2,640.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready