GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs 9300M GS

Place in the ranking	1353	165
Place by popularity	not in top-100	90
Power efficiency	1.39	28.36
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G98	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 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 cores	8	3840
Core clock speed	550 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.400	171.0
Floating-point processing power	0.0224 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	34	no data
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	8	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	no data	large
Interface	MXM-I	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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	11.2 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	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.

9300M GS 0.26

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.53
+12412%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9300M GS 100

RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+12450%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9300M GS 267

RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+21373%

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	0−1	98
1440p	0−1	66
4K	-0−1	42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−5050%

103
+5050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4200%	86 +4200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2550%	106 +2550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1675%	140−150 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2775%	110−120 +2775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −321%	110−120 +321%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3350%	69 +3350%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2600%	108 +2600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2263%	189 +2263%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −3850%	158 +3850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −656%	65−70 +656%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −464%	158 +464%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3000%	62 +3000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2300%	96 +2300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1400%	120 +1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −3400%	140 +3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −767%	78 +767%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −64.3%	46 +64.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	39
Hitman 3	6−7 −967%	64 +967%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −4150%	85 +4150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3900%

80
+3900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	11

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2100%

44
+2100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 +0%	76 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	164 +0%	164 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +0%	64 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	129 +0%	129 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	102 +0%	102 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +0%	56 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	85 +0%	85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	101 +0%	101 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	116 +0%	116 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	41 +0%	41 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	60 +0%	60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55 +0%	55 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60 +0%	60 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	19 +0%	19 +0%

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 5050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.26	32.53
Recency	4 June 2008	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	80 Watt

9300M GS has 515.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 12411.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9300M GS in performance tests.

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