GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN20-E5 GA104
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2021
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1290 MHz
1283 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5120
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
237.4
153.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
264.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2