GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
VS
RTX A2000 Mobile
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
VS
RTX A2000 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A2000 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
4 January 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
12 April 2021 (less than a year ago)
GN20-E7 GA104
GPU code name
GA106
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A2000 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

780 MHz
Core clock speed
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8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
239.0
Texture fill rate
108.6
6144
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1245 MHz
Boost clock speed
1358 MHz
17,400 million
Number of transistors
13,250 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
95 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A2000 Mobile.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
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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 RTX A2000 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
11 GB/s
320.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
176.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A2000 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A2000 Mobile is the additional functionality.

8.6
CUDA
8.6

API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A2000 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Vulkan
1.2
6.5
Shader Model
6.6
2.0
OpenCL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and RTX A2000 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 RTX A2000 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
RTX A2000 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
RTX A2000 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
RTX A2000 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
RTX A2000 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
RTX A2000 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 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (320.0 GB/s vs 176.0 GB/s)

Advantages of RTX A2000 Mobile

There is no accountable advantage

So, GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q or RTX A2000 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q .

GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q versus RTX A2000 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score RTX A2000 Mobile