NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 81% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12242 vs 12026

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Oct 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12242 vs 12026

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Around 26% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 4864
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Pipelines	6144 vs 4864
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

12242

12026

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12242	12026
PassMark - G3D Mark		16476
PassMark - G2D Mark		642
Geekbench - OpenCL		99827
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA104
Launch date	19 Oct 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	127	124
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1245 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)	15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS	15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	6144
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	608.3 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready