NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q ► remove from comparison
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q design is the power saving variant of the mobile GeForce RTX 2060 . Therefore it is a high end gaming graphics card for thin laptops. It is based on the same chip as the RTX 2060 but with reduced clock speeds and a lower power consumption. It was released in 2020 with the Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop.
With the refresh, Nvidia also reworked the Max-Q technologies for more efficiency. Low Voltage GDDR6 (lower clocked but more headroom for the GPU) and improved regulator efficiency should improve the performance per Watt. Two new optional features can also be implemented by the OEM. Max-Q Dynamic Boost is able to shift power from the CPU to the GPU on a per frame basis to increase overall performance. Furthermore, the laptop manufacturer can also implement Advanced Optimus with a dynamic display switch (hardware) to enable Optimus, G-SYNC and high refresh rate displays (up to 4K 120 Hz).
The clock is not the only difference compared to the regular GTX 2060 though. The drivers for the Max-Q version were optimized for efficiency (and not performance; only for Max-Q models), there are optimized voltage converters for 1V operation, high-end cooling methods, and a 40 dB limit for the fan noise (with clock adjustments to ensure this at all times).
The performance should be only slightly below the normal RTX 2060 due to the decreased clock rates. It should be most suited for 1080p gaming at maximum detail level. Raytracing features however may reduce framerates a lot, so using raytracing will be limited to some games.
The chip is specified at a TGP of around 65 Watt and therefore clearly lower than the 80 - 90 Watt of the regular RTX 2060 Mobile.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q ► remove from comparison
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q (for laptops, GN20-E3, Max-Q) is the former name for a RTX 3060 Laptop GPU with Max-Q technologies. In previous generations, the Max-Q name was used for low power versions. With the RTX 3000 series, every TGP-version can now use Max-Q technologies and all GPUs are called RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (60 - 115W).
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q GeForce RTX 3000 Series Codename N18E-G1 MAX-Q TU106 GN20-E3 GA106 Architecture Turing Ampere Pipelines 1920 - unified 3840 - unified Core Speed 975 - 1185 (Boost) MHz 1283 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 11000 MHz Memory Bus Width 192 Bit 192 Bit Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6 Max. Amount of Memory 6 GB 6 GB Shared Memory no no API DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6 DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6 Power Consumption 65 Watt 60 Watt technology 12 nm 8 nm Features DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor Notebook Size large large Date of Announcement 06.01.2019 04.01.2021
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
6.8 pt (20%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 5390 avg: 5813 median: 5844.5 (17%) max: 6171 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 91%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 5357 avg: 5637 median: 5638.5 (15%) max: 5914 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 95%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
308872 Points (35%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
95079 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 25407 avg: 31253 median: 30659.5 (33%) max: 38287 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 93%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 38074 avg: 58101 median: 58890 (15%) max: 76551 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 68% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 12716 avg: 13699 median: 13716 (24%) max: 14649 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 91%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 14129 avg: 14900 median: 14909.5 (17%) max: 15650 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 93%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
95273 Points (11%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 16516 avg: 17896 median: 18065 (25%) max: 18937 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 90%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 18863 avg: 19881 median: 19778.5 (17%) max: 21105 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 94%
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
50957 Points (15%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
49207 Points (28%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
37332 Points (49%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
11800 Points (8%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
76.3 fps (26%)
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 104.1 avg: 132.3 median: 137 (8%) max: 151 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 83% 100%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
273 fps (31%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
411.3 fps (9%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
497.9 fps (29%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
1123 fps (9%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
2664 Samples/s (12%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
5786 Samples/s (10%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 96.6 avg: 116.3 median: 116.3 (17%) max: 136 Watt
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 107.5 avg: 120.8 median: 120.8 (17%) max: 134 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 99.2 avg: 110.6 median: 108.9 (24%) max: 125.5 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 102%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.4858 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (51%) max: 0.566 fps per Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 92%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 0.4694 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (42%) max: 0.543 fps per Watt
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
min: 41.3 avg: 49.4 median: 51.3 (82%) max: 53.7 dB(A)
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W 100% 79%
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
1418 MHz (56%)
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1171 MHz (46%)
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q → 0% n=
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
257.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
120.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
76.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
56.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
18.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
176.1 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
108.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
95.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
93.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
194.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
96.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
75.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
78.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
68.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
68.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
85.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
92.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
88 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
77.8 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
103.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
88.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
82.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
79 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
157.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
109.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
103.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
73.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
33.1 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
123 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
82 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
75 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
55 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
117 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
89.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
61.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
48.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
183.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
67.1 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
50.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
196 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
137 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
116 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
101 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
201.1 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
103.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
69.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
50.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
81.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
81.6 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
61.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
36.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
154 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
92 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
74 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
56 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
276.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
125.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
105.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
60.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
24.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
105 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
75 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
70 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
63 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
129.6 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
72.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
55.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
43.8 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
143.6 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
142.8 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
126.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
116.6 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
97 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
79 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
65 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
45 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
118 118 ~ 118 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
84 90 ~ 87 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
75 84 ~ 80 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
65 74 ~ 70 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
20 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
276 [X] MSI Stealth 15M A11SEK 1.47.22.14 D3D12
Intel Core i7-1185G7 3GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
min:
67.5 fps, P1:
216 fps, max:
474 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
130 [X] MSI Stealth 15M A11SEK 1.47.22.14 D3D12
Intel Core i7-1185G7 3GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
min:
45.5 fps, P1:
106 fps, max:
249 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
106 [X] MSI Stealth 15M A11SEK 1.47.22.14 D3D12
Intel Core i7-1185G7 3GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
min:
59.6 fps, P1:
80.8 fps, max:
194 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
93.1 [X] MSI Stealth 15M A11SEK 1.47.22.14 D3D12
Intel Core i7-1185G7 3GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
min:
26.4 fps, P1:
73.6 fps, max:
189 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
104.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
94.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
75.6 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
63.6 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
59.3 63.7 ~ 62 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
126 139 141 ~ 135 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
43.6 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
24.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
124 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
110.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
107.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
81.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
155 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
123 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
97 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
76 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
246.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
249.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
219.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
299.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
299.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
229.7 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
146.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
125 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
125 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
118.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
111.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
100.4 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
72.8 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
66.8 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
60 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
60 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
60 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
59.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
75.5 83.2 ~ 79 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
24.9 45.5 ~ 35 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
173 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
164 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
119 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
68.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
278.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
252.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
229.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
126.2 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
130.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
67.3 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q:
67.4 fps
Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%