GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs Quadro P5000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking189not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.24no data
Power efficiency20.57no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA106
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,885 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 cores20483840
Core clock speed1278 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1282 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate202.5153.8
Floating-point processing power6.48 TFLOPS9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs128120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s288.0 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
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 60 Watt

P5000 Mobile has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3060 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P5000 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P5000 Mobile
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