NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 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 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• Around 76% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2176
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 175 Watt
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 328.391 vs 243.864
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 20969
• Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 5567
• Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 5026
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 20969
• Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 5567
• Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 5026
• 912x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1824 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

• Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 817 MHz
• Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1282 MHz
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
• 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16498 vs 13298
• Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 854 vs 590
• Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87590 vs 79133
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3870.683 vs 3384.051
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.021 vs 25.824
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.92 vs 149.733
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1269.445 vs 972.722

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	13298 16498
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	590 854
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	79133 87590
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	328.391 243.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3384.051 3870.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.824 27.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	149.733 160.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	972.722 1269.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21278 20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8913 5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8054 5026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21278 20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8913 5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8054 5026
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1824 2

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