GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs Radeon 630

Place in the ranking	703	163
Place by popularity	not in top-100	89
Power efficiency	5.17	28.23
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Polaris 23	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 May 2019 (5 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	512	3840
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.98	171.0
Floating-point processing power	1.247 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	32	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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	336.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	-	8.6

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.

Radeon 630 3.72

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.52
+774%

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.

Radeon 630 1434

RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+775%

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 HD	10−12 −890%	99 +890%
1440p	7−8 −871%	68 +871%
4K	4−5 −925%	41 +925%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−1617%

103
+1617%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3700%	76 +3700%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1667%	100−110 +1667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −725%	65−70 +725%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1333%	86 +1333%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −943%	70−75 +943%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −811%	170−180 +811%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1225%	106 +1225%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −492%	140−150 +492%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −3180%	164 +3180%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −785%	110−120 +785%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −195%	110−120 +195%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3100%	64 +3100%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1667%	100−110 +1667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −725%	65−70 +725%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1050%	69 +1050%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −943%	70−75 +943%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −811%	170−180 +811%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1250%	108 +1250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −688%	189 +688%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2480%	129 +2480%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1175%	102 +1175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1115%	158 +1115%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −353%	65−70 +353%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −295%	158 +295%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −2700%	56 +2700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −725%	65−70 +725%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −933%	62 +933%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −943%	70−75 +943%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −811%	170−180 +811%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1100%	96 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −400%	120 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −977%	140 +977%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −420%	78 +420%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −15%	46 +15%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1100%

96
+1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −933%	60−65 +933%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1800%	35−40 +1800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	180−190
Hitman 3	8−9 −700%	64 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −963%	85 +963%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −2100%	40−45 +2100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −480%	116 +480%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−1043%

80
+1043%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1500%	30−35 +1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1000%	11 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	15
Far Cry 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −4400%	45−50 +4400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1000%

44
+1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Metro Exodus	85 +0%	85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	101 +0%	101 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	41 +0%	41 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	60 +0%	60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55 +0%	55 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how Radeon 630 and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is 890% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 871% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 925% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 4400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (89%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.72	32.52
Recency	13 May 2019	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt

Radeon 630 has 60% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 774.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 630 in performance tests.

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