GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs Radeon RX 460 Mobile

Place in the ranking	441	166
Place by popularity	not in top-100	90
Power efficiency	12.85	28.15
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Baffin	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	8 August 2016 (8 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	no data

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	896	3840
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	66.08	171.0
Floating-point processing power	2.115 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	56	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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 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

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

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.

RX 460 Mobile 10.21

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.53
+219%

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.

RX 460 Mobile 7793

RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+252%

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.

RX 460 Mobile 5108

RTX 3060 Mobile 20609
+304%

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.

RX 460 Mobile 31294

RTX 3060 Mobile 104826
+235%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 460 Mobile 96383

RTX 3060 Mobile 466087
+384%

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	34 −188%	98 +188%
1440p	18−21 −267%	66 +267%
4K	12−14 −250%	42 +250%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.53	no data
1440p	4.78	no data
4K	7.17	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

−544%

103
+544%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −407%	76 +407%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −231%	100−110 +231%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −230%	65−70 +230%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −438%	86 +438%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −217%	70−75 +217%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −193%	80−85 +193%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −158%	170−180 +158%
Hitman 3	18−20 −458%	106 +458%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −158%	140−150 +158%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −413%	164 +413%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −248%	110−120 +248%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −87.3%	110−120 +87.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −327%	64 +327%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −231%	100−110 +231%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −230%	65−70 +230%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −331%	69 +331%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −217%	70−75 +217%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −193%	80−85 +193%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −158%	170−180 +158%
Hitman 3	18−20 −468%	108 +468%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −244%	189 +244%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −303%	129 +303%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −264%	102 +264%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −379%	158 +379%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −152%	65−70 +152%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −151%	158 +151%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −273%	56 +273%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −230%	65−70 +230%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −288%	62 +288%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −217%	70−75 +217%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −158%	170−180 +158%
Hitman 3	18−20 −405%	96 +405%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −118%	120 +118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −324%	140 +324%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −359%	78 +359%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +37%	46 −37%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

−243%

96
+243%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 −210%	60−65 +210%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −233%	50−55 +233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −250%	35−40 +250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −700%	48 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −280%	35−40 +280%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −680%	39 +680%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −217%	35−40 +217%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −316%	180−190 +316%
Hitman 3	12−14 −392%	64 +392%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −305%	85 +305%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −467%	85 +467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −677%	101 +677%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −340%	40−45 +340%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −81.3%	116 +81.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−371%

80
+371%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −256%	30−35 +256%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −271%	24−27 +271%
Hitman 3	6−7 −583%	41 +583%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −264%	160−170 +264%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −650%	60 +650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −588%	55 +588%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −175%	11 +175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −300%	20−22 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −757%	60 +757%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −375%	19 +375%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−340%

44
+340%

This is how RX 460 Mobile and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is 188% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 267% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 250% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 460 Mobile is 37% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 460 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.21	32.53
Recency	8 August 2016	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	80 Watt

RX 460 Mobile has 45.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 218.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% 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 RX 460 Mobile in performance tests.

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