Radeon 8040S vs GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 254 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 34.92 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) |
| GPU code name | TU106B | Strix Halo |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 29 January 2019 (7 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (1 year 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 | 1920 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 960 MHz | 1295 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10,800 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 55 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 144.0 | 179.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.608 TFLOPS | 5.734 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 120 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 30 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 1.9 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 64 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1353 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 259.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 January 2019 | 6 January 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 55 Watt |
Radeon 8040S has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% more advanced lithography process, and 109% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh and Radeon 8040S. We've got no test results to judge.
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