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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB separate most on tdp: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q at 75 W, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at 180 W, 140% in favour of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. VRAM splits them by another 63%, this time favouring NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. They match on gpu brand, tier and ray tracing support.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIANVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (NVIDIA/Blackwell/Mainstream/16GB GDDR7/4,608 CUDA Cores/180W TDP/Ray Tracing/$429 MSRP)
NVIDIANVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

Specs

Specification
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (NVIDIA/Blackwell/Mainstream/16GB GDDR7/4,608 CUDA Cores/180W TDP/Ray Tracing/$429 MSRP)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
GPU BrandNVIDIANVIDIA
SeriesGeForce RTX 30Blackwell
Board PartnerOEM (varies by laptop model)Reference/Founders Edition
VRAM6 GB-62%16 GB
TierMainstreamMainstream
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP75 W180 W-140%
ArchitectureAmpere (GA106)Blackwell
CUDA Cores38404,608

Verdict

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

6.1 / 10 Expert Rating

A dependable budget-thin-laptop chip, reasonable once you accept the Max-Q performance ceiling.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

8 / 10 Expert Rating

The 5060 Ti worth buying — 16GB of VRAM and 180W efficiency make it the sensible mainstream NVIDIA pick, and the 8GB variant isn't worth considering.

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