GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
AD107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
January 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1470 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
3072
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
141.1
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Portable Device Dependent
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3