AMD Radeon PRO W6400 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO W6400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon PRO W6400

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W6400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 2039 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 81% higher boost clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1282 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 785 vs 590

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	2039 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	785 vs 590

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 111.4 GTexel/s
5x more pipelines: 3840 vs 768
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13298 vs 8112
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79133 vs 34464

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s vs 111.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 768
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13298 vs 8112
Geekbench - OpenCL	79133 vs 34464

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO W6400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

785

590

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8112

13298

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34464

79133

Name	AMD Radeon PRO W6400	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	785	590
PassMark - G3D Mark	8112	13298
Geekbench - OpenCL	34464	79133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		328.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3384.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		25.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		149.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		972.722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1824

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO W6400	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 24	GA106
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	151	148
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2321 MHz	1282 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	2039 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	222.8 GFLOPS (1:16)	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.130 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.565 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	3840
Pixel fill rate	74.27 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	111.4 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready