NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16503 vs 15107
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 22622
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 22622
  • Around 18% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11905 vs 10104
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 29 January 2019
Pipelines 6144 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16503 vs 15107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 22622
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11905 vs 10104

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

  • Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1590 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 643
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6319 vs 3719
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5714 vs 3359
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6319 vs 3719
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5714 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1380 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1590 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 812 vs 643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6319 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5714 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6319 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5714 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16503
15107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
643
812
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
5714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
5714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11905
10104
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 16503 15107
PassMark - G2D Mark 643 812
Geekbench - OpenCL 105640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 5714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 5714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11905 10104

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 29 January 2019
Place in performance rating 119 106
Type Laptop Laptop
Price now $699.99
Value for money (0-100) 37.18

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1245 MHz 1590 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 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 2944
Pixel fill rate 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 13,600 million

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 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready