NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD PlayStation 4 GPU 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 817 MHz vs 800 MHz
2670.1x more texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 57.6 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1152
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 24 November 2013
Core clock speed	817 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s vs 57.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3840 vs 1152
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU
PassMark - G3D Mark	13253
PassMark - G2D Mark	589
Geekbench - OpenCL	78982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	330.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3461.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	26.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	143.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	979.608
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	1821

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 1.0
Code name	GA106	Liverpool
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	24 November 2013
Place in performance rating	144	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1282 MHz
Core clock speed	817 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	1152
Pixel fill rate	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s	57.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Floating-point performance		1,843 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	IGP
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.1*
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	176.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready