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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2x more pipelines: 6144 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 5957.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11915 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 23 July 2019
Pipelines 6144 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11915 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19601 vs 16521
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 927 vs 645
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 117477 vs 105640
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 26045
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 26045
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19601 vs 16521
PassMark - G2D Mark 927 vs 645
Geekbench - OpenCL 117477 vs 105640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 26045

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16521
19601
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
645
927
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
105640
117477
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11915
2
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 16521 19601
PassMark - G2D Mark 645 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 105640 117477
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11915 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1654.321

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 23 July 2019
Place in performance rating 120 109
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1245 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1650 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 3072
Pixel fill rate 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million
CUDA cores 3072
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Display Port 1.4
Dual-link DVI support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 6 pin + 8 pin
Height 4.556” (115.7mm)
Length 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Width 2-Slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s 496 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI