GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 115W vs GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q

GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 115W
GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q
3840 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1702MHz
4608 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1230MHz
FP32
13.07 TFLOPS
FP32
11.34 TFLOPS
FP16
13.07 TFLOPS
FP16
11.34 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
115W
TDP
35W
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GB5 OpenCL 102,045
33%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 119,195
50%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 73,760
36%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 335
44%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 40
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GN20-E3
Codename
NV186
AD106
Variant
GN21-X6
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
2/25/2021
Release Date
2/22/2023
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
188 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
22.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
121.81M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
4608 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
120 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
120 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
144 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
36 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
36 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1387MHz Base
1702MHz
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735MHz Base
1230MHz
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FP16
13.07 TFLOPS
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FP16
11.34 TFLOPS
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FP32
13.07 TFLOPS
FP32
11.34 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.18 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
20.8 TOPS Base Clock
25.5 TOPS
Ray Tracing
15.7 TOPS Base Clock
26.2 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
81.696 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
59.04 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
204.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
177.12 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
3MB Shared
L2
32MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
256GB/s
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TDP
115W
TDP
35W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 8
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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