GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and RTX A500 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
RTX A500
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN20-E3 GA106
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
November 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1283 MHz
1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
153.8
113.3
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3