As the cornerstone of their CES 2021 keynote, NVIDIA right now has introduced their GeForce RTX 30 sequence graphics adapters for laptops. Based on the identical Ampere structure and the identical GPUs as NVIDIA’s present desktop GeForce playing cards, the RTX 30 sequence for laptops will deliver Ampere’s options and far of its efficiency to laptops, simply tuned to the sub-150 Watt energy necessities that include a laptop computer. Laptops can be getting variations of the RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and RTX 3060, with the primary of those new technology of laptops set to change into out there later this month, on January 26th.
Though an compulsory step within the roll-out of a brand new GPU structure, the discharge of laptop computer components is a crucial one for NVIDIA and its OEM companions. Laptops characterize an ever-growing share of the PC gaming market, and maybe simply as importantly for NVIDIA, it’s a market that, above entry-level discrete graphics, they’ve just about full management of. So a giant a part of NVIDIA’s fortunes hinge partly on getting laptop computer avid gamers to improve to new machines with the most recent and best in NVIDIA graphics know-how. In truth in some respects laptops are extra necessary than desktops, because the low energy wants for laptops signifies that these machines get a few of the finest chips NVIDIA bins – which in flip tends to be mirrored within the costs of a few of these laptops.
For their newest technology, whereas not being explicitly famous by NVIDIA, it seems like a change in nomenclature is at hand. In the previous couple of generations the corporate has merely referred to their cell components with the identical identify as their desktop components – e.g. GeForce RTX 2080. However for the RTX 30 sequence, we’re seeing components listed as “laptop GPU”, e.g. “GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU”. It’s a small change, however an necessary one: as we take a look at the specs, it’s clear that NVIDIA isn’t at all times utilizing the identical GPU in a cell half as they’ve its desktop counterpart, so any sort of true equivalency between laptop computer and desktop has gone out the window. In observe, laptop computer graphics adapters have at all times been their very own product household, and now by returning to having distinct naming and specs for his or her laptop computer adapters, NVIDIA has gone again to extra clearly defining this construction.
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Laptop Specifications | |||||
| RTX 3080 Laptop GPU |
RTX 3070 Laptop GPU |
RTX 3060 Laptop GPU |
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| CUDA Cores | 6144 | 5120 | 3840 | ||
| ROPs | 96? | 80? | 64? | ||
| Boost Clock | 1245 – 1710MHz | 1290 – 1620MHz | 1283 – 1703MHz | ||
| Memory Clock | ?Gbps GDDR6 | ?Gbps GDDR6 | ?Gbps GDDR6 | ||
| Memory Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | ||
| VRAM | 8GB / 16GB | 8GB | 6GB | ||
| TDP Range | 80 – 150W+ | 80 – 125W | 60 – 115W | ||
| GPU | GA104 | GA104 | GA106 | ||
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere | Ampere | ||
| Manufacturing Process | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm? | ||
| Launch Date | 01/26/2021 | 01/26/2021 | 01/26/2021 | ||
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
Diving into specs and options, the brand new GeForce RTX 30 sequence adapters cowl the RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and RTX 3060 households. And although NVIDIA’s personal specs don’t explicitly checklist what GPUs are driving these configurations, primarily based on the variety of CUDA cores and different components, it seems like NVIDIA is utilizing a mixture of the present GA104 GPU and what could be their new GA106 GPU to drive these components. Notably, RTX 3080 within the desktop makes use of a cut-down GA102 half, not GA104, and with GA102 being unsuitable for something in need of a fairly literal desktop alternative pocket book, GA104 as a substitute sits on the coronary heart of the RTX 3080 Laptop GPU in addition to all flavors of RTX 3070.
The main member of their new laptop computer adapters, the RTX 3080 Laptop GPU – or 3080L for brief – seems to be primarily based on a…
