Radeon RX 6600M vs GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated136
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.58
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA106Navi 23
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)31 May 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 cores38401792
Core clock speed817 MHz2068 MHz
Boost clock speed1282 MHz2416 MHz
Number of transistors13,250 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate153.8270.6
Floating-point processing power9.846 TFLOPS8.659 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs120112
Tensor Cores120no data
Ray Tracing Cores3028

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s224.0 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3060 Max-Q has 66.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6600M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and Radeon RX 6600M. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6600M
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