GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs RTX 2060 Super

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking90not rated
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.01no data
Power efficiency16.79no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 July 2019 (5 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores21763840
Core clock speed1470 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz1282 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate224.4153.8
Floating-point processing power7.181 TFLOPS9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs136120
Tensor Cores272120
Ray Tracing Cores3430

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 July 2019 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 2060 Super has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3060 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Super and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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