RTX 3070 Max-Q vs RTX 3060 Mobile

General info

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

Place in performance ranking158not rated
Place by popularity75not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGN20-E3 GA106GN20-E5 GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2021 (3 years old)4 January 2021 (3 years old)

Technical specs

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 cores38405120
Core clock speed817 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1702 MHz1290 MHz
Number of transistors13,250 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)80 Watt
Texture fill rate171.0237.4

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s320.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA8.68.6

Advantages and disadvantages


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 80 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
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