GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and Radeon RX 6500M - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Radeon RX 6500M
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN20-E3 GA106
Navi 24
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2021
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1283 MHz
2191 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
153.8
153.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.2