GeForce GTX 1650 and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1650
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU117
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
April 2019
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1665 MHz
1283 MHz
Core clock speed
1485 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,700 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
93.24
153.8
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
264.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2