GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs Radeon R9 M280X
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 871 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Saturn | GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 February 2015 (9 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
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 | 3840 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 817 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1282 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | 13,250 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 61.60 | 153.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.971 TFLOPS | 9.846 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| TMUs | 56 | 120 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 120 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 30 |
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 |
| Bus support | Not Listed | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | Not Listed | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 0 MB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | Not Listed | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 288.0 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 | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2 |
| Mantle | + | - |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 February 2015 | 12 January 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
RTX 3060 Max-Q has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M280X and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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