AMD Radeon Pro W6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6800

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 96% higher boost clock speed: 2507 MHz vs 1282 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 601.7 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 936 vs 589
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19881 vs 13387
Around 67% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 131707 vs 79058

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jun 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	2075 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	936 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	19881 vs 13387
Geekbench - OpenCL	131707 vs 79058

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

7.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 20988
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 20988
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3717
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3717
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3357
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21278 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21278 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8913 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8913 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

936

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19881

13387

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20988

21278

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20988

21278

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8913

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8913

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

8054

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

8054

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

131707

79058

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	936	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	19881	13387
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20988	21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20988	21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	8913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	8054
Geekbench - OpenCL	131707	79058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		339.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3898.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		27.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		155.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1167.569
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8234

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 21	GA106
Launch date	8 Jun 2021	12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$2249
Place in performance rating	108	130
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz	1282 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	2075 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1203 GFLOPS (1:16)	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	38.51 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.25 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	3840
Pixel fill rate	240.7 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 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