NVIDIA started Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q sales 27 May 2019. This is a Turing architecture notebook card based on 12 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 6 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 60 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	254
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	24.79	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	TU106
Market segment	Mobile workstation
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	600 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1215 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	10,800 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	175.0	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	5.599 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	64	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	144	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	288	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	36	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q. 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 3000 Max-Q 21.40

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 3000 Max-Q 8255

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 3000 Max-Q 17523

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 3000 Max-Q 13617

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3000 Max-Q 66284

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3000 Max-Q 5048

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 3000 Max-Q 62

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 3000 Max-Q 110

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 3000 Max-Q 97

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 3000 Max-Q 105

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 3000 Max-Q 110

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

RTX 3000 Max-Q 44

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 3000 Max-Q 71

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 3000 Max-Q 11

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

RTX 3000 Max-Q 71

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

RTX 3000 Max-Q 62

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

RTX 3000 Max-Q 105

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

RTX 3000 Max-Q 110

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

RTX 3000 Max-Q 97

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

RTX 3000 Max-Q 110

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

RTX 3000 Max-Q 44

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

RTX 3000 Max-Q 10.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	75
1440p	44
4K	32

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60
Battlefield 5	70−75
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	130−140
Hitman 3	88
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110
Metro Exodus	70−75
Red Dead Redemption 2	77
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50
Battlefield 5	70−75
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	59
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	130−140
Hitman 3	66
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110
Metro Exodus	70−75
Red Dead Redemption 2	67
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	44
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	130−140
Hitman 3	59
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	52
Watch Dogs: Legion	33

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	32
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	24−27
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
Hitman 3	24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Metro Exodus	40−45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18
Hitman 3	24
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120
Metro Exodus	21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	34

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	12

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

Closest competitors

Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q's performance relative to its closest rivals among mobile workstation graphics cards.

Radeon Pro 5600M 111.82

Quadro P4000 Max-Q 106.78

Quadro P3200 106.5

Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 100

Quadro T2000 Mobile 96.73

Quadro P4000 Mobile 96.21

Quadro M5500 95.89

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is Radeon Pro 580, which is slower by 6% and lower by 18 positions in our ranking.