GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N17P-G1 Max-Q
GA104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
May 2017
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1341 - 1480 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1063 - 1265 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
3,789 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
60 - 70 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
118.4
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6.144 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.0
6.6
Vulkan
+
1.3
VR Ready
+
-