NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile 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) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 6319
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 5714
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 6319
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 5714
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 29 January 2019
Pipelines 3840 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 5714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 5714

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1590 MHz vs 1282 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15107 vs 13403
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 589
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22622 vs 21278
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22622 vs 21278
  • Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10134 vs 8249
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1380 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed 1590 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15107 vs 13403
PassMark - G2D Mark 812 vs 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22622 vs 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22622 vs 21278
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10134 vs 8249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13403
15107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
812
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
5714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
5714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8249
10134
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 13403 15107
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 812
Geekbench - OpenCL 78991
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 22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 5714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 5714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8249 10134

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 29 January 2019
Place in performance rating 130 106
Type Laptop Laptop
Price now $699.99
Value for money (0-100) 37.18

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1590 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 1380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 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 2944
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 13,600 million

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 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready