Quadro4 980 XGL vs GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking163not rated
Place by popularity68not in top-100
Power efficiency29.85no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameGA106NV28 A2
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)12 November 2002 (21 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 cores3840no data
Core clock speed900 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1425 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,250 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Texture fill rate171.02.400
Floating-point processing power10.94 TFLOPSno data
ROPs488
TMUs1208
Tensor Cores120no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no data

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6DDR
Maximum RAM amount6 GB128 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz325 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s10.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)8.1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A
CUDA8.6-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


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.

RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+250900%
Quadro4 980 XGL 5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 12 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 150 nm

RTX 3060 Mobile has an age advantage of 18 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and Quadro4 980 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook card while Quadro4 980 XGL is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
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NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
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