NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5000 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1170 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 433.9 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 8192 vs 6144
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22961 vs 16521
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1039 vs 645
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154648 vs 105640
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1170 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1695 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate 433.9 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 8192 vs 6144
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22961 vs 16521
PassMark - G2D Mark 1039 vs 645
Geekbench - OpenCL 154648 vs 105640

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 22508
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 22508
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22961
16521
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1039
645
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
154648
105640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3359
Name NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 22961 16521
PassMark - G2D Mark 1039 645
Geekbench - OpenCL 154648 105640
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22508 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22508 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11915

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA102 GA104
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 65 120
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1695 MHz 1245 MHz
Core clock speed 1170 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 867.8 GFLOPS (1:32) 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS (1:1) 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 8192 6144
Pixel fill rate 162.7 GPixel/s 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 433.9 GTexel/s 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 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 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready