GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs Quadro K3000M

Place in performance ranking	678	164
Place by popularity	not in top-100	66
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.55	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	N14E-Q1	GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2012 (12 years ago)	4 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$155	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	576	3840
Core clock speed	654 MHz	817 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1702 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	31.39	171.0
Floating-point performance	0.7534 gflops	10.94 gflops

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 size	large	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	89.6 GB/s	336.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

K3000M 4.24

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.53
+667%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

K3000M 1637

RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+667%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

K3000M 11902

RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+382%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

K3000M 2427

RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+1030%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	33 −658%	250−260 +658%
Full HD	37 −173%	101 +173%
1440p	8−9 −738%	67 +738%
4K	5−6 −700%	40 +700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−1371%

103
+1371%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −483%	70−75 +483%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −1800%	76 +1800%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −960%	100−110 +960%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −633%	65−70 +633%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1129%	86 +1129%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −711%	70−75 +711%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −583%	80−85 +583%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −565%	170−180 +565%
Hitman 3	10−11 −960%	106 +960%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −407%	140−150 +407%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1722%	164 +1722%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −627%	80−85 +627%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −619%	110−120 +619%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −168%	110−120 +168%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −483%	70−75 +483%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −1500%	64 +1500%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −960%	100−110 +960%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −633%	65−70 +633%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −886%	69 +886%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −711%	70−75 +711%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −583%	80−85 +583%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −565%	170−180 +565%
Hitman 3	10−11 −980%	108 +980%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −575%	189 +575%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1333%	129 +1333%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −827%	102 +827%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −888%	158 +888%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −325%	65−70 +325%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −259%	158 +259%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −483%	70−75 +483%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −1300%	56 +1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −633%	65−70 +633%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −786%	62 +786%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −711%	70−75 +711%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −565%	170−180 +565%
Hitman 3	10−11 −860%	96 +860%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −329%	120 +329%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −775%	140 +775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −388%	78 +388%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −4.5%	46 +4.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−773%

96
+773%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −675%	60−65 +675%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −733%	50−55 +733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −660%	35−40 +660%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −3017%	180−190 +3017%
Hitman 3	9−10 −611%	64 +611%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −750%	85 +750%
Metro Exodus	0−1	85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1367%	40−45 +1367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −346%	116 +346%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−900%

80
+900%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −967%	30−35 +967%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −767%	24−27 +767%
Hitman 3	0−1	41
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −15900%	160−170 +15900%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −5900%	60 +5900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −450%	11 +450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	15
Far Cry 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−780%

44
+780%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	101 +0%	101 +0%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how K3000M and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is 658% faster in 900p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 173% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 738% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 700% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 15900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 65 tests (94%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.24	32.53
Recency	1 June 2012	4 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	115 Watt

K3000M has 53.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 667.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K3000M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K3000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.