NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL 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 Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1245 MHz vs 1011 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 80.88 GTexel/s
4.8x more pipelines: 6144 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16503 vs 4643
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 643 vs 405

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 1 February 2018
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s vs 80.88 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16503 vs 4643
PassMark - G2D Mark	643 vs 405

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 931 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	931 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16503

4643

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

643

405

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
PassMark - G3D Mark	16503	4643
PassMark - G2D Mark	643	405
Geekbench - OpenCL	105640
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	11905

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 4.0
Code name	GA104	Polaris 22
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	1 February 2018
Place in performance rating	119	252
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz	1011 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	931 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	161.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)	2.588 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS	2.588 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	1280
Pixel fill rate	119.5 GPixel/s	32.35 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s	80.88 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	5000 million
Compute performance		20
Texture Units		65 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	IGP
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	1024 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)