NVIDIA RTX A4500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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 RTX A4500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 320 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 10 GB
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 369.6 GTexel/s
Around 21% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 7168
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 21280
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 142326
Around 38% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 3196

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s vs 369.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8704 vs 7168
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053 vs 1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	25146 vs 21280
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 142326
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4420 vs 3196

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1051

1053

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21280

25146

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

142326

167014

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3196

4420

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1051	1053
PassMark - G3D Mark	21280	25146
Geekbench - OpenCL	142326	167014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3196	4420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	55	56
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	739.2 GFLOPS (1:32)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS (1:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7168	8704
Pixel fill rate	158.4 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		40 mm, 1.6 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	20 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	640.0 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X