NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 470

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA106GPU NameEllesmere
AmpereArchitectureGCN 4.0
SamsungFoundryGlobalFoundries
8 nmProcess Size14 nm
13,250 millionTransistors5,700 million
276 mm²Die Size232 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 12th, 2021Release DateAug 4th, 2016
GeForce 30 MobileFamilyArctic Islands
(RX 400)
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 20 MobilePredecessorPirate Islands
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

6 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
288.0 GB/sBandwidth211.2 GB/s

Performance

61.54 GPixel/sPixel fillrate38.59 GPixel/s
153.8 GTexel/sTexture fillrate154.4 GTexel/s
9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)FP16 (half) performance4.940 TFLOPS (1:1)
9.846 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.940 TFLOPS
153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)FP64 (double) performance308.7 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

817 MHzBase Clock926 MHz
1282 MHzBoost Clock1206 MHz
1500 MHz
12 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1650 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective

Render Config

3840Shading Units2048
120TMUs128
48ROPs32
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
3 MBL2 Cache2 MB

Board Design

60 WThermal design power (TDP)120 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.1
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.4