GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs Radeon HD 6790

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking684not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.86no data
Power efficiency1.92no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBartsGA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 April 2011 (13 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores8003840
Core clock speed840 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1282 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate33.60153.8
Floating-point processing power1.344 TFLOPS9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs40120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s288.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 April 2011 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3060 Max-Q has an age advantage of 9 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6790 and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6790 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6790
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