NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max Q

GPU Specs Compare

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jan 2019
Jan 2021
Generation
GeForce 20
GeForce 30 Mobile
Type
Desktop
Mobile
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1365 MHz
817 MHz
Boost Clock
1680 MHz
1282 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
1500 MHz

Memory

Memory Size
6GB
6GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Bus
192bit
192bit
Bandwidth
336.0GB/s
288.0GB/s

Render Config

SM Count
30
30
Shading Units
1920
3840
TMUs
120
120
ROPs
48
48
Tensor Cores
240
120
RT Cores
30
30
L1 Cache
64 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
3 MB
3 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
80.64 GPixel/s
61.54 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
201.6 GTexel/s
153.8 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
12.90 TFLOPS
9.846 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
6.451 TFLOPS
9.846 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
201.6 GFLOPS
153.8 GFLOPS

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
TU106
GA106
GPU Variant
TU106-200A-KA-A1
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Architecture
Turing
Ampere
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Process Size
12 nm
8 nm
Transistors
10.8 billion
12 billion
Die Size
445 mm²
276 mm²

Board Design

TDP
160W
60W
Suggested PSU
450 W
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Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.02x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
No outputs
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
7.5
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.6

📊 Benchmark

3DMark Time Spy
7,572
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3DMark Time Spy Extreme
3,504
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Battlefield 5 1080p
110
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
24
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
54
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
81
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Battlefield 5 2160p
43
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Battlefield 5 1440p
76
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GTA 5 2160p
51
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GTA 5 1440p
66
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GTA 5 1080p
146
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