GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs UHD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking598not rated
Place by popularity6not in top-100
Power efficiency40.19no data
ArchitectureGeneration 11.0 (2019−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameJasper Lake GT1GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 January 2021 (3 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 cores2563840
Core clock speed350 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speed750 MHz1282 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm+8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate12.00153.8
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPS9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs16120
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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 10 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 60 Watt

UHD Graphics has 500% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

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

Be aware that UHD Graphics is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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