GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs GTX 550 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	688	not rated
Place by popularity	73	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.69	no data
Power efficiency	2.40	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF116	GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	192	3840
Core clock speed	900 MHz	817 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1282 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	60 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.80	153.8
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	48
TMUs	32	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
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

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	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	288.0 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	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 March 2011	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	60 Watt

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