GeForce RTX 3060 vs Quadro T1000 Max-Q

Place in the ranking	311	81
Place by popularity	not in top-100	4
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	71.26
Power efficiency	24.23	18.17
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU117	GA106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	896	3584
Core clock speed	765 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	75.60	199.0
Floating-point processing power	2.419 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	56	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin

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	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	360.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

T1000 Max-Q 17.37

RTX 3060 44.29
+155%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

T1000 Max-Q 6701

RTX 3060 17085
+155%

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:

Full HD	45−50 −176%	124 +176%
1440p	30−35 −170%	81 +170%
4K	18−21 −189%	52 +189%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.65
1440p	no data	4.06
4K	no data	6.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

−193%

79
+193%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −138%	90−95 +138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −252%	102 +252%
Battlefield 5	55−60 −149%	140−150 +149%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −154%	85−90 +154%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −189%	78 +189%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −127%	90−95 +127%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −130%	100−110 +130%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −84.5%	200−210 +84.5%
Hitman 3	30−35 −264%	120 +264%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −108%	170−180 +108%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −127%	130−140 +127%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −111%	95−100 +111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −191%	160−170 +191%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −58.8%	130−140 +58.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −138%	90−95 +138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −193%	85 +193%
Battlefield 5	55−60 −149%	140−150 +149%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −154%	85−90 +154%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −178%	75 +178%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −127%	90−95 +127%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −130%	100−110 +130%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −84.5%	200−210 +84.5%
Hitman 3	30−35 −252%	116 +252%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −108%	170−180 +108%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −127%	130−140 +127%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −111%	95−100 +111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −216%	180 +216%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −128%	90−95 +128%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −58.8%	130−140 +58.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −138%	90−95 +138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −159%	75 +159%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −154%	85−90 +154%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −137%	64 +137%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −127%	90−95 +127%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −84.5%	200−210 +84.5%
Hitman 3	30−35 −206%	101 +206%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −65.1%	142 +65.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −170%	154 +170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −82.5%	73 +82.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +44.1%	59 −44.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

−111%

95−100
+111%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −156%	85−90 +156%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −152%	65−70 +152%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −172%	45−50 +172%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −300%	60 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −174%	50−55 +174%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −290%	39 +290%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −155%	50−55 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −156%	240−250 +156%
Hitman 3	21−24 −224%	68 +224%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −203%	106 +203%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −178%	89 +178%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −238%	115 +238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −253%	65−70 +253%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −95.2%	200−210 +95.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

−162%

75−80
+162%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −165%	45−50 +165%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Hitman 3	12−14 −246%	45 +246%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −119%	190−200 +119%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −228%	55−60 +228%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −271%	63 +271%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −210%	30−35 +210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −322%	38 +322%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −222%	27−30 +222%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −500%	18 +500%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −163%	60−65 +163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −272%	67 +272%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −286%	27 +286%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−167%

40−45
+167%

This is how T1000 Max-Q and RTX 3060 compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 is 176% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 is 170% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 is 189% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the T1000 Max-Q is 44% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

T1000 Max-Q is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 3060 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.37	44.29
Recency	27 May 2019	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	170 Watt

T1000 Max-Q has 240% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060, on the other hand, has a 155% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T1000 Max-Q in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T1000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop one.

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