NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 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 is a high-end graphics card based on AMD's Navi 48 (N48 XT) that features 56 CUs (28 WGP). The model will feature 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM with a 256-bit bus and 64 MB of total cache.

Performance

Our tests show that the card is 13% faster overall than the RTX 4080 in games, and 3% slower than the RTX 4080 Super. The higher-level RTX 9070 XT is 12% faster. 

Power consumption

The Radeon RX 9070 requires 220 watts of energy, but there are also custom versions from AiB-partners with 240-watt TDP.

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.