Data Center GPU Max 1550 vs GeForce RTX 3060

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking83not rated
Place by popularity4not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation70.78no data
Power efficiency17.88no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameGA106Ponte Vecchio
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 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 cores358416384
Core clock speed1320 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate199.01,638
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS52.43 TFLOPS
ROPs48no data
TMUs1121024
Tensor Cores1121024
Ray Tracing Cores28128

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotOAM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount12 GB128 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1875 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/s3,277 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 10 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 600 Watt

RTX 3060 has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 252.9% lower power consumption.

Data Center GPU Max 1550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 and Data Center GPU Max 1550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop card while Data Center GPU Max 1550 is a workstation one.


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