GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
GN20-E3 GA106
TU106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
December 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1283 MHz
1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
10,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
2176
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
184 Watt
Texture fill rate
153.8
224.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
7.5
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3