GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q vs 3 Go

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2002 (22 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 coresno data3072
Core clock speedno data1140 MHz
Boost clock speed250 MHz1470 MHz
Number of transistors27 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data141.1
Floating-point processing powerno data9.032 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data96
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width32 / 64 / 128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDR12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2002 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 35 Watt

GeForce 3 Go has 1650% lower power consumption.

RTX 4060 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 20 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 3 Go and GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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