GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs 920M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking915not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.86no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK208BGA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 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 cores3843840
Core clock speed954 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1282 MHz
Number of transistors915 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate30.53153.8
Floating-point processing power0.7327 TFLOPS9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs32120
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
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 60 Watt

GeForce 920M has 81.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 920M and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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