GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs GTX 580M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.72no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF114GA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date28 June 2011 (13 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 speed620 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1282 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate39.68153.8
Floating-point processing power0.9523 TFLOPS9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs64120
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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.0 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.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2011 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3060 Max-Q has an age advantage of 9 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

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