GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N18E-G1 MAX-Q TU106
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2019
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1185 MHz
1283 MHz
Core clock speed
975 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
10,800 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
153.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
11000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
264.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (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
VR Ready
+
-