NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1425 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7929 vs 3359
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7929 vs 3359
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 3719
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1425 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7929 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7929 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8917 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8917 vs 3719

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3840
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 20611
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 20611
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 3840
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 20611

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20611
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20611
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7929
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7929
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8917
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8917
3719
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20611 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20611 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7929 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7929 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8917 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8917 3719
PassMark - G3D Mark 16480
PassMark - G2D Mark 641
Geekbench - OpenCL 96301
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 12007

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA106 GA104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 122 124
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1425 MHz 1245 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 171.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.94 TFLOPS (1:1) 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.94 TFLOPS 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 6144
Pixel fill rate 68.40 GPixel/s 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 171.0 GTexel/s 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready