NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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 Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 817 MHz vs 723 MHz
1662x more texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13385 vs 3661
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	817 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13385 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	589 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13385

3661

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

417

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark	13385	3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	417
Geekbench - OpenCL	79123
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
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	8224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 3.0
Code name	GA106	Amethyst
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	131	273
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1282 MHz
Core clock speed	817 MHz	723 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	2048
Pixel fill rate	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 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	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
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	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready
Enduro