NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 780 MHz
• Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1245 MHz
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
• Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
• Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 961 vs 641
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16857 vs 16407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

• Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
• Around 71% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3584
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
• Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2644 vs 1997

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GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1997 2644
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	961 641
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	16857 16407

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