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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 817 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1282 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 578
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 20344
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3355
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 20344
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3355
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed 817 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1282 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 80 Watt
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 591 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 vs 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 vs 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 207.4 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13813 vs 13354
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 vs 78738
  • Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8567 vs 8230
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13813 vs 13354
Geekbench - OpenCL 93962 vs 78738
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8567 vs 8230

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13354
13813
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
591
578
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78738
93962
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8230
8567
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 13354 13813
PassMark - G2D Mark 591 578
Geekbench - OpenCL 78738 93962
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 325.878
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) 152.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 979.608
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8230 8567

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104B
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating 144 140
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1080 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1) 13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS 6.636 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 3072
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s 207.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 13600 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 None
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready