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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3840
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16500 vs 13387
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 643 vs 589
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 105640 vs 79058
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 21278
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 21278
  • Around 45% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11904 vs 8234
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 3840
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16500 vs 13387
PassMark - G2D Mark 643 vs 589
Geekbench - OpenCL 105640 vs 79058
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 21278
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11904 vs 8234

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 817 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1282 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3359
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 817 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1282 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16500
13387
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
643
589
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
105640
79058
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11904
8234
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 16500 13387
PassMark - G2D Mark 643 589
Geekbench - OpenCL 105640 79058
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11904 8234
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

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA104 GA106
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 119 130
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1245 MHz 1282 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1) 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS 9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 3840
Pixel fill rate 119.5 GPixel/s 61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s 153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 12000 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

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 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready