GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs Quadro P2000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	344	107
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.37	16.11
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP106	GA106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	15 February 2019 (5 years ago)	12 October 2022 (2 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	1152	3584
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1291 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.95	199.0
Floating-point processing power	2.974 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	72	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	3.75 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96.13 GB/s	240.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	6.1	8.6

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.71	39.92
Recency	15 February 2019	12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	3.75 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	170 Watt

P2000 Mobile has 126.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 154.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 113.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P2000 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P2000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.