Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3060 Mobile
2021
6 GB GDDR6, 80 Watt
32.57
+19.3%

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking168202
Place by popularity70not in top-100
Power efficiency27.8953.44
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA106AD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a 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 cores38402048
Core clock speed900 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1425 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors13,250 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate171.0129.6
Floating-point processing power10.94 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs12064
Tensor Cores12064
Ray Tracing Cores3016

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.57
+19.3%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 27.31

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+35.5%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 20239

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 66297
+15.6%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3060 Mobile 20609
+45.8%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 14136

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3060 Mobile 8222
+55.8%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 5278

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD99
+23.8%
80−85
−23.8%
1440p66
+20%
55−60
−20%
4K40
+33.3%
30−35
−33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 103
+21.2%
85−90
−21.2%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+27.3%
55−60
−27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+26.7%
60−65
−26.7%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+24.7%
85−90
−24.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+20%
55−60
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 86
+22.9%
70−75
−22.9%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+21.7%
60−65
−21.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+26.2%
65−70
−26.2%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+23.6%
140−150
−23.6%
Hitman 3 106
+24.7%
85−90
−24.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+29.1%
110−120
−29.1%
Metro Exodus 164
+26.2%
130−140
−26.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+23.1%
65−70
−23.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+21.1%
95−100
−21.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+24.2%
95−100
−24.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+27.3%
55−60
−27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 64
+28%
50−55
−28%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+24.7%
85−90
−24.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+20%
55−60
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+25.5%
55−60
−25.5%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+21.7%
60−65
−21.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+26.2%
65−70
−26.2%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+23.6%
140−150
−23.6%
Hitman 3 108
+20%
90−95
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 189
+26%
150−160
−26%
Metro Exodus 129
+29%
100−105
−29%
Red Dead Redemption 2 102
+20%
85−90
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 158
+21.5%
130−140
−21.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+23.6%
55−60
−23.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 158
+21.5%
130−140
−21.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+27.3%
55−60
−27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+24.4%
45−50
−24.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+20%
55−60
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+24%
50−55
−24%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+21.7%
60−65
−21.7%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+23.6%
140−150
−23.6%
Hitman 3 96
+20%
80−85
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120
+20%
100−105
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140
+27.3%
110−120
−27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 78
+20%
65−70
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 46
+31.4%
35−40
−31.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 96
+20%
80−85
−20%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+24%
50−55
−24%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+25%
40−45
−25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+29.6%
27−30
−29.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+20%
40−45
−20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+26.7%
30−33
−26.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
+30%
30−33
−30%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+26.7%
30−33
−26.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+24.7%
150−160
−24.7%
Hitman 3 64
+28%
50−55
−28%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85
+21.4%
70−75
−21.4%
Metro Exodus 85
+21.4%
70−75
−21.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 101
+26.3%
80−85
−26.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+25.7%
35−40
−25.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 116
+22.1%
95−100
−22.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+23.1%
65−70
−23.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+23.8%
21−24
−23.8%
Hitman 3 41
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+23.1%
130−140
−23.1%
Metro Exodus 60
+20%
50−55
−20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+22.2%
45−50
−22.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+25%
16−18
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
+25%
12−14
−25%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60
+20%
50−55
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 19
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+25.7%
35−40
−25.7%

This is how RTX 3060 Mobile and Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 24% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 20% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 33% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.57 27.31
Recency 12 January 2021 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 3060 Mobile has a 19.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 128.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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