NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 296.6 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 296.6 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1110 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 71% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3584
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1110 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	6144 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		371.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		190.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1422.602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8604

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	101	97
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	296.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	18.98 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	18.98 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	6144
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	148.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	296.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready