GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and GeForce MX550 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

GeForce MX550

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Turing (2018−2021)

GPU code name

GN20-E3 GA106

GN18-S5

Market segment

Laptop

Release date

January 2021

December 2021

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

None

Boost clock speed

1283 MHz

1320 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

12 nm

Number of transistors

13,250 million

4,700 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

3840

1024

Power consumption (TDP)

60 Watt

15-25 Watt

Texture fill rate

153.8

42.24

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

6 GB

2 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

64 Bit

Memory clock speed

12 GB/s

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

264.0 GB/s

96 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

No outputs

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 (12_1)

CUDA

8.6

7.5

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.6

Vulkan

1.2

Optimus