GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs RTX 2080 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking135not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.90no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104BGA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)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 cores29443840
Core clock speed735 MHz1627 MHz
Boost clock speed1095 MHz1852 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate201.5222.2
Floating-point processing power6.447 TFLOPS14.22 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs184120
Tensor Cores368120
Ray Tracing Cores4630

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s336.0 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 outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 185 Watt

RTX 2080 Max-Q has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 131.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 3840SP, on the other hand, has a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP is a desktop one.


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