GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs Quadro M5500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	265	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.45	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM204	GA106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years 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	2048	3840
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	817 MHz
Boost clock speed	1165 MHz	1282 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	149.1	153.8
Floating-point processing power	4.772 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	128	120
Tensor Cores	no data	120
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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 size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	288.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2016	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	60 Watt

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