Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile Refresh vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	42	not rated
Place by popularity	22	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	44.51	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Ampere GA104	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 December 2020 (3 years ago)	27 May 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$361 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4864	1920
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1380 MHz
Number of transistors	17,400 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	253.1	165.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile Refresh compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
CUDA	8.6	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 December 2020	27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	80 Watt

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