GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
10038
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N18E-G1 MAX-Q TU106
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2019
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1185 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
975 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
10,800 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
11000 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
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
+
-