NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 5600 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 RX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 199.7 GTexel/s
3x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2048
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16495 vs 11910
Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 105640 vs 60737
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 14115
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 14115

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 21 Jan 2020
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s vs 199.7 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16495 vs 11910
Geekbench - OpenCL	105640 vs 60737
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26045 vs 14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26045 vs 14115

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1130 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1245 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 700 vs 643
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7991 vs 3719
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 19735 vs 3359
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7991 vs 3719
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 19735 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1130 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	700 vs 643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16495

11910

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

643

700

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

105640

60737

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26045

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

19735

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26045

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

19735

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	16495	11910
PassMark - G2D Mark	643	700
Geekbench - OpenCL	105640	60737
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26045	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	19735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26045	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	19735
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11899

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 10
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	119	125
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	2048
Pixel fill rate	119.5 GPixel/s	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s	199.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	10300 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		350 Watt
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready