GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

not rated
Place in performance rating
68
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
4 January 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
4 January 2021 (less than a year ago)
GN20-E7 GA104
GPU code name
GN20-E5 GA104
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

780 MHz
Core clock speed
780 - 1100 MHz
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
239.0
Texture fill rate
287.0
6144
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5120
1245 MHz
Boost clock speed
1290 - 1620 MHz
17,400 million
Number of transistors
17,400 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
320.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is the additional functionality.

8.6
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
no data
4.6
OpenGL
no data
1.2
Vulkan
no data
6.5
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 8 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

54.87% faster in synthetic tests

So, GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile .

GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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