GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GT 650M

Place in the ranking	756	168
Place by popularity	not in top-100	69
Power efficiency	4.76	27.94
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK107	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	22 March 2012 (12 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

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	384	3840
Core clock speed	Up to 900 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.40	171.0
Floating-point processing power	0.7296 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	32	120
Tensor Cores	no data	120
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16

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\GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 80.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 650M 3.12

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.58
+944%

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.

GT 650M 1200

RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+946%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 650M 2112

RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+1199%

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.

GT 650M 9682

RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+492%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 650M 1420

RTX 3060 Mobile 20609
+1351%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GT 650M 10647

RTX 3060 Mobile 104826
+885%

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:

900p	31 −868%	300−350 +868%
Full HD	30 −227%	98 +227%
1440p	6−7 −1000%	66 +1000%
4K	3−4 −1233%	40 +1233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−1617%

103
+1617%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −7500%	76 +7500%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1667%	100−110 +1667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −843%	65−70 +843%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1333%	86 +1333%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1117%	70−75 +1117%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −925%	80−85 +925%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −918%	170−180 +918%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1225%	106 +1225%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −517%	140−150 +517%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −4000%	164 +4000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −785%	110−120 +785%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −195%	110−120 +195%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −6300%	64 +6300%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1667%	100−110 +1667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −843%	65−70 +843%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1050%	69 +1050%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1117%	70−75 +1117%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −925%	80−85 +925%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −918%	170−180 +918%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1250%	108 +1250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −722%	189 +722%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3125%	129 +3125%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1175%	102 +1175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1115%	158 +1115%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −386%	65−70 +386%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −295%	158 +295%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −5500%	56 +5500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −843%	65−70 +843%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −933%	62 +933%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1117%	70−75 +1117%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −918%	170−180 +918%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1100%	96 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −422%	120 +422%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −977%	140 +977%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −457%	78 +457%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −15%	46 +15%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1100%

96
+1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1140%	60−65 +1140%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1800%	35−40 +1800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Hitman 3	8−9 −700%	64 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −963%	85 +963%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −2100%	40−45 +2100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −511%	116 +511%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−1233%

80
+1233%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1000%	11 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −4400%	45−50 +4400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1000%

44
+1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	85 +0%	85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	101 +0%	101 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	41 +0%	41 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	60 +0%	60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55 +0%	55 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60 +0%	60 +0%

This is how GT 650M and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is 868% faster in 900p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 227% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 1000% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 1233% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 7500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (86%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.12	32.58
Recency	22 March 2012	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	80 Watt

GT 650M has 77.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 944.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.