NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

2.8x more core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 795 MHz
Around 86% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1350 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 313.2 GTexel/s
Around 31% higher pipelines: 9728 vs 7424
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB

Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 795 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 313.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 7424
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark		1232
PassMark - G3D Mark		34617
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		28260
Geekbench - OpenCL		239585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		272.641

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD103
Launch date	2023	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	7
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	313.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.04 TFLOPS (1:1)	48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.04 TFLOPS	48.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	9728
Pixel fill rate	108.0 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	313.2 GTexel/s	761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	45900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
Length		310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		140 mm, 5.5 inches
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	12 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X