NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon 610M (Mendocino)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon 610M (Mendocino) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

AMD Radeon 610M (Mendocino)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

13.1x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 15.20 GTexel/s
28x more pipelines: 3584 vs 128

Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 15.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 128

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 610M (Mendocino)

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1777 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
11.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 170 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1900 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 610M (Mendocino)

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon 610M (Mendocino)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577
PassMark - G2D Mark	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295
Geekbench - OpenCL		5090

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon 610M (Mendocino)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Mendocino
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	82	1643
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1900 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Pipelines	3584	128
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	7.600 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	15.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Compute units		2
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		30.40 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		972.8 GFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		486.4 GFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	System Dependent
Memory bus width	128 bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	System Shared
Memory type	GDDR6	System Shared