NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

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).

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is a high-end graphics card based on AMD's Navi 48 (N48 XTX) chip, featuring 64 CUs (32 WGP). The model will feature 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM with a 256-bit bus and 64 MB of total cache.

Performance

According to some leaks, the RX 9070 XT is expected to sit somewhere between the RTX 4080 and the RTX 4080 Super in terms of performance. However, there is also some (unconfirmed) evidence that the card will be on par with the RTX 4070 Ti.

Our tests show that the card is 6% to 11% faster overall than the smaller-grade RX 9070 in professional applications and benchmarks. The gaming performance of the RX 9070 XT is 11% higher than that of the smaller model overall. Quite interestingly, the RTX 4080 Super fits right between two Radeon sister models (9% slower than the 9070 XT and 3% faster than the 9070). With that said, the standard RTX 4080 is 13% slower than the RX 9070.

Power consumption

The Radeon RX 9070 XT requires 304 watts; however, custom versions of the card can feature up to 330 watts of power.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is a high-end graphics card based on AMD's Navi 44 (N44 XT) that features 32 CUs. The model will feature 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM with 128-bit bus.

According to some leaks, the RX 9060 XT will sit somewhere between RTX 5060 Ti and RX 7700 XT in terms of performance, though AMD claim it can outperform 5060 Ti.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB requires 182 watts of power, although custom models from AiB-partners may offer higher wattage.