Radeon Pro W6800X vs GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking163not rated
Place by popularity68not in top-100
Power efficiency29.04no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA106Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)3 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,799

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 cores38403840
Core clock speed900 MHz1800 MHz
Boost clock speed1425 MHz2087 MHz
Number of transistors13,250 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate171.0500.9
Floating-point processing power10.94 TFLOPS16.03 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs120240
Tensor Cores120no data
Ray Tracing Cores3060

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 4.0 x16Apple MPX
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno dataQuad-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataApple MPX

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 GB32 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s512.0 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, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 3 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 3060 Mobile has 150% lower power consumption.

Pro W6800X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and Radeon Pro W6800X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon Pro W6800X is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
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