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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon Pro SSG 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 400.5x more texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
  • 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13403 vs 10972
  • Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 339.841 vs 170.923
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3898.264 vs 3178.443
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.109 vs 16.732
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 11029
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 7766
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 11029
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 7766
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 8 August 2017
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13403 vs 10972
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 vs 588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 339.841 vs 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3898.264 vs 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.109 vs 16.732
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 7766

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

  • Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1282 MHz
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3840
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 173.59 vs 155.642
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1231.051 vs 1167.569
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1440 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 3840
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 173.59 vs 155.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1231.051 vs 1167.569

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13403
10972
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
339.841
170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3898.264
3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.109
16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
155.642
173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1167.569
1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
7766
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro SSG
PassMark - G3D Mark 13403 10972
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 588
Geekbench - OpenCL 78991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 339.841 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3898.264 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.109 16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 155.642 173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1167.569 1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8249

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Essentials

Architecture Ampere GCN 5.0
Code name GA106 Vega 10
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 8 August 2017
Place in performance rating 130 158
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $6,999

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 14 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 4096
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s 384.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 6x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready