GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs Radeon RX Vega XTX

Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameVega 10GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 August 2017 (8 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 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 cores40963840
Core clock speed1500 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speed1630 MHz1282 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate417.3153.8
Floating-point processing powerno data9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs256120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30
L1 Cacheno data3.8 MB
L2 Cacheno data3 MB

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s288.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2017 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 60 Watt

RX Vega XTX has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3060 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega XTX is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is a notebook one.

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