GeForce RTX 3060 vs 310M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 310M with GeForce RTX 3060, including specs and performance data.
RTX 3060 outperforms 310M by a whopping 13317% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1379 | 115 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 4 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 60.55 |
| Power efficiency | 1.66 | 18.33 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $329 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 12,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 170 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 199.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04896 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 73 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 112 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 3.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 3 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 360.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 0−1 | 112 |
| 1440p | -0−1 | 64 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 42 |
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 2.94 |
| 1440p | no data | 5.14 |
| 4K | no data | 7.83 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−7800%
|
79
+7800%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−7700%
|
78
+7700%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3850%
|
150−160
+3850%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2171%
|
150−160
+2171%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−804%
|
230−240
+804%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
−2038%
|
270−280
+2038%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−7400%
|
75
+7400%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−1633%
|
156
+1633%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3850%
|
150−160
+3850%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2171%
|
150−160
+2171%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−3480%
|
179
+3480%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−804%
|
230−240
+804%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−6300%
|
64
+6300%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−1533%
|
147
+1533%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3850%
|
150−160
+3850%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−1020%
|
56
+1020%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2171%
|
150−160
+2171%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1640%
|
87
+1640%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−804%
|
230−240
+804%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
−5200%
|
100−110
+5200%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 280−290 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−5733%
|
170−180
+5733%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−11800%
|
110−120
+11800%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−7100%
|
72
+7100%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 110−120 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−486%
|
82
+486%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−12400%
|
250−260
+12400%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−5700%
|
55−60
+5700%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−2650%
|
55−60
+2650%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 146
+0%
|
146
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 124
+0%
|
124
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 135
+0%
|
135
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 110
+0%
|
110
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 141
+0%
|
141
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 81
+0%
|
81
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 127
+0%
|
127
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 81
+0%
|
81
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 50
+0%
|
50
+0%
|
| Valorant | 260−270
+0%
|
260−270
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 39
+0%
|
39
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 94
+0%
|
94
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 40
+0%
|
40
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 32
+0%
|
32
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 65
+0%
|
65
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18
+0%
|
18
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 115
+0%
|
115
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 48
+0%
|
48
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 22
+0%
|
22
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 is 12400% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 3060 performs better in 30 tests (47%)
- there's a draw in 34 tests (53%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.30 | 40.25 |
| Recency | 10 January 2010 | 12 January 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 170 Watt |
GeForce 310M has 1114.3% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060, on the other hand, has a 13316.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 310M in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce 310M is a notebook graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop one.
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