NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 199.7 GTexel/s
Around 81% higher pipelines: 7424 vs 4096
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 931 vs 526
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24971 vs 12647
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 159976 vs 78981

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 199.7 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 4096
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	931 vs 526
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971 vs 12647
Geekbench - OpenCL	159976 vs 78981

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

931

526

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24971

12647

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

159976

78981

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	931	526
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971	12647
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4179
Geekbench - OpenCL	159976	78981
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20429
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Launch date	2023
Place in performance rating	49	174
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	199.7 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.78 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS	12.78 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	4096
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s	199.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6