NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
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 3080 ► remove from comparison
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 is high-end desktop graphics card based on the Ampere generation. It uses the big GA102 chip and offers 8,704 shaders and 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory.
The gaming performance in 4k is clearly better than the old GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (approximately 15% faster). Therefore, even demanding games should run with maximum detail settings in 4k. Enabling raytracing will however reduce the framerate and therefore maximum details won't be playable.
The RTX3080 is produced in 8nm at Samsung and rated at 320 Watt but the power efficiency is still quite good.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU ► remove from comparison
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (for laptops, GN20-E3, Max-P) is the third Ampere graphics card for notebooks in early 2021. It is based on the GA106 Ampere chip and offers 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a 192 Bit memory bus. It supports PCIe 4.0 and will be available in different variants from 60 or 115 Watt (TGP). As package the notebook graphic card uses GB5-256 and the chip size is 40x40mm. The GPU supports eDP 1.4b to connect the internal monitor.
There is no more Max-Q variant (formerly used for the low power variants) but every OEM can choose to implement Max-Q technologies (Dynamic Boost, Whisper Mode).
The performance depends on the TGP setting and cooling of the laptop. On average it should be similar to the older GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile and therefore best suited for QHD gaming (very demanding games). Less demanding games like Star Wars Squadrons should be playable in 4k with maximum detail settings. The similar named RTX 3060 desktop card is significantly faster.
The GA106 chip offers 3,840 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 1,920 INT32 ALUs). The mobile RTX 3060 uses all 3,840 cores on the chip. With Turing all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia. The Ampere chips also include an improved 5th generation video encoder (NVENC for H.264 and H.265) and a 7th generation decoder (for various formats now including AV1).
The GA106 chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip).
TGP Frequencies 60W = 817-1282 MHz 65W = 975-1357 MHz 70W = 1050-1402 MHz 80W = 900-1425 MHz 85W = 1035-1485 MHz 90W = 1163-1530 MHz 95W = 1215-1567 MHz 100W = 1267-1605 MHz 105W = 1305-1642 MHz 110W = 1342-1680 MHz 115W = 1387-1702 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU GeForce RTX 3000 Series Codename GN20-E3 GA106 Ampere GA102 GN20-E3 GA106 Architecture Ampere Ampere Ampere Pipelines 3840 - unified 8704 - unified 3840 - unified Core Speed 1283 (Boost) MHz 1450 - 1710 (Boost) MHz 817 - 1702 (Boost) MHz Memory Bus Width 192 Bit 320 Bit 192 Bit Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6X GDDR6 Max. Amount of Memory 6 GB 24 GB 6 GB Shared Memory no no no API DirectX 12_2, Shader 7.0, OpenGL 4.6 DirectX 12_2, Shader 7.0, OpenGL 4.6 DirectX 12_2, Shader 7.0, OpenGL 4.6 Power Consumption 60 Watt 320 Watt 115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP) technology 8 nm 8 nm 8 nm Notebook Size large large Date of Announcement 04.01.2021 16.09.2020 04.01.2021 Memory Speed 19000 MHz 14000 effective = 1750 MHz Transistors 28 Billion TMUs 120 ROPs 48 Raytracing Cores 30 Tensor / AI Cores 120 Memory Bandwidth 336 GB/s PCIe 4.0 Displays HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a Features NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, Resizable BAR, NVIDIA Broadcast, NVIDIA Ansel, NVIDIA ShadowPlay®, NVIDIA G-SYNC®, Advanced Optimus, Nvidia Max-Q, Dynamic Boost
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
70.2 pt (76%)
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Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
32.4 pt (35%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 15712 avg: 16134 median: 16133.5 (84%) max: 16555 Points
min: 6473 avg: 8087 median: 8264 (43%) max: 9677 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 63% 69% 71% 70% 70% 71% 79% 76% 92% 81% 79% 82% 87%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 17467 avg: 17536 median: 17535.5 (81%) max: 17604 Points
min: 6285 avg: 7969 median: 8068.5 (37%) max: 9235 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 59% 65% 67% 67% 66% 70% 75% 73% 85% 78% 77% 79% 82%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 470072 avg: 529548 median: 529548 (71%) max: 589024 Points
min: 116696 avg: 339251 median: 360476 (48%) max: 519354 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 100 W TDP 120 W TDP 130 W 100% 98% 58% 50%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 343894 avg: 391512 median: 391512 (54%) max: 439129 Points
304456 Points (42%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 130 W 100% 78%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 65313 avg: 70339 median: 70338.5 (86%) max: 75364 Points
min: 28859 avg: 44707 median: 44523 (54%) max: 58475 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 73% 55% 73% 74% 74% 67% 56% 93% 87% 76% 82% 89%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 173402 avg: 188064 median: 188064 (76%) max: 202725 Points
min: 33126 avg: 101418 median: 109734 (45%) max: 136275 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 44% 32% 67% 51% 77% 73% 52% 77% 86% 54% 79% 68%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 29978 avg: 31709 median: 31709 (79%) max: 33440 Points
min: 15062 avg: 18243 median: 18451 (46%) max: 21179 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 69% 71% 76% 77% 76% 79% 78% 83% 92% 83% 85% 87% 91%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 37604 avg: 39257 median: 39257 (74%) max: 40910 Points
min: 16354 avg: 20191 median: 20346.5 (38%) max: 23109 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 65% 69% 71% 71% 73% 76% 70% 79% 84% 77% 78% 83% 85%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 341116 avg: 408252 median: 408252 (54%) max: 475388 Points
min: 124176 avg: 199105 median: 140124 (19%) max: 333015 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W 100% 30% 34% 82%
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
min: 59050 avg: 60282 median: 60281.5 (73%) max: 61513 Points
44997 Points (54%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 130 W 100% 75%
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
min: 114849 avg: 120402 median: 120402 (67%) max: 125954 Points
86045 Points (48%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 130 W 100% 71%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 32211 avg: 36325 median: 35564.5 (72%) max: 41958 Points
min: 14164 avg: 22555 median: 22357.5 (45%) max: 28541 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 68% 71% 66% 62% 67% 67% 75% 56% 86% 72% 70% 74% 84%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 47287 avg: 53094 median: 53713 (77%) max: 57662 Points
min: 13799 avg: 26180 median: 26722 (38%) max: 30772 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 51% 56% 55% 50% 56% 59% 62% 46% 68% 63% 61% 65% 67%
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 90427 avg: 91747 median: 91746.5 (76%) max: 93066 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 96470 avg: 98653 median: 98653 (76%) max: 100836 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 46192 avg: 48523 median: 48522.5 (68%) max: 50853 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
min: 41923 avg: 43089 median: 43089 (65%) max: 44255 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
min: 37418 avg: 41961 median: 41960.5 (63%) max: 46503 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 100 W TDP 105 W 93% 100% 80%
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 176.2 avg: 179 median: 179 (78%) max: 181.8 fps
SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 66 avg: 68.6 median: 68.6 (30%) max: 71.1 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 12.85 avg: 13.1 median: 13.1 (4%) max: 13.27 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 180 avg: 190 median: 190 (72%) max: 199.9 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 36.93 avg: 43.9 median: 43.9 (27%) max: 50.8 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 146 avg: 165.3 median: 165.3 (58%) max: 184.6 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 16.35 avg: 17.4 median: 17.4 (44%) max: 18.47 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 65.6 avg: 69.9 median: 69.9 (37%) max: 74.2 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 116 avg: 121.1 median: 121.1 (41%) max: 126.1 fps
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 275.6 avg: 275.8 median: 275.8 (74%) max: 276 fps
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 92.4 avg: 94.5 median: 94.5 (44%) max: 96.5 fps
specvp13 snx-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 23.22 avg: 23.7 median: 23.7 (4%) max: 24.26 fps
specvp13 showcase-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
204 fps (77%)
specvp13 medical-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 91.8 avg: 95.4 median: 95.4 (52%) max: 99 fps
specvp13 maya-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 360.2 avg: 400.1 median: 400.1 (71%) max: 440 fps
specvp13 energy-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 36.08 avg: 37 median: 37 (28%) max: 37.87 fps
specvp13 creo-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 281.2 avg: 288.1 median: 288.1 (74%) max: 295 fps
specvp13 catia-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 190 avg: 190.2 median: 190.2 (41%) max: 190.4 fps
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 238.2 avg: 266.1 median: 266.1 (71%) max: 294 fps
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
158 fps (47%)
specvp2020 snx-04 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
19.8 fps (4%)
specvp2020 medical-03 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
18.5 fps (36%)
specvp2020 maya-06 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
293 fps (66%)
specvp2020 energy-03 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
51.7 fps (37%)
specvp2020 creo-03 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
77.6 fps (48%)
specvp2020 catia-06 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
50 fps (41%)
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
100 fps (59%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 4955 avg: 9518 median: 9518 (40%) max: 14081 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 130 W 35% 100%
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 77 avg: 108.5 median: 108.5 (40%) max: 140 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 130 W 100% 55%
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 99.5 avg: 169.6 median: 173 (47%) max: 219 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 96% 100% 95% 87% 71% 93% 83% 76% 89% 95% 50% 68% 78% 91%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 5112 avg: 5155 median: 5155 (23%) max: 5198 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 12797 avg: 12889 median: 12888.5 (23%) max: 12980 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 39924 avg: 40759 median: 40759 (78%) max: 41594 Points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 492 avg: 498.5 median: 498.5 (77%) max: 505 Watt
min: 94.1 avg: 145.4 median: 147 (23%) max: 202 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 363% 358% 351% 333% 342% 325% 328% 313% 317% 323% 310%
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 498.3 avg: 502 median: 501.7 (70%) max: 505 Watt
min: 107.5 avg: 145.9 median: 143.5 (20%) max: 191 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 100% 281% 282% 279% 282% 269% 270% 265% 264% 245% 258% 263% 251%
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 111 avg: 150.3 median: 148.5 (33%) max: 195 Watt
GPU TDP 65 W TDP 70 W TDP 75 W TDP 80 W TDP 85 W TDP 95 W TDP 100 W TDP 105 W TDP 115 W TDP 120 W TDP 125 W TDP 130 W TDP 140 W 129% 130% 129% 131% 118% 121% 115% 114% 100% 111% 107% 111% 104%