GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs GTX 260M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1170 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.07 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | G92 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 March 2009 (16 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 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 | 112 | 3840 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 817 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1282 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 13,250 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 30.80 | 153.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.308 TFLOPS | 9.846 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 462 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| TMUs | 56 | 120 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 120 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 30 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 3.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 64 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).
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| SLI options | 2-way | - |
| MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | no data |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 950 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 61 GB/s | 288.0 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 | DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | 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_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 March 2009 | 12 January 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 60 Watt |
RTX 3060 Max-Q has an age advantage of 11 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 712.5% more advanced lithography process, and 8.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
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