GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N17E-G3 Max-Q
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2017
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1278 - 1468 MHz
1283 MHz
Core clock speed
1101 - 1290 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
7,516 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
90 - 110 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
234.9
153.8
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
10000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.3 GB/s
264.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2
VR Ready
+
-