GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX A4500 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
RTX A4500 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2021
March 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1215 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
5888
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
223.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
448.0 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
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3