Considering it’s enabled out of the box on both systems, this is how we’ll be testing these laptops and we’ll be reporting a power range on our benchmark charts. This balances system power load while gaming, and in some situations where CPU usage is light, it can enable the RTX 3060 to run up to 15W higher. Note how we specify "base power" here as both come with Dynamic Boost 2.0, which is enabled by default. From what we’ve seen so far, uptake Dynamic Boost in particular has been far higher than in prior generations.įor today’s review, we’ll be testing two variants of the RTX 3060 mobile GPU: one with a base power rating of 80W, and another with a base power of 115W.
Not all of these features are required to be used though by the laptop manufacturer. While these features fall under Nvidia’s Max-Q umbrella, they aren’t restricted just to low power variants all RTX 30 GPUs can use them. As this is a new GPU featuring the Ampere architecture, it’s built on Samsung’s 8nm process node and features all the new architectural benefits like 3rd-gen Tensor cores, 2nd-gen ray tracing cores, and dual FP32 pipelines.įor laptops specifically, Nvidia has introduced a range of new technologies such as Dynamic Boost 2.0, WhisperMode 2.0 and Resizable BAR, to go along with previous stuff like Advanced Optimus. The memory configuration for all RTX 3060 laptop variants is 6GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, with clock speeds of either 14 Gbps or 12 Gbps depending on the power class. Of course, one of the key talking points around this generation is Nvidia removing the "Max-Q" label, instead giving all configurations from the 60W model (previously Max-Q) up to 115W (Max-P) the same name, something we're not big fans of. There are a range of power configurations that OEMs can use, anywhere from 60 to 115 watts, which brings with it a boost clock anywhere from 1283 MHz to 1703 MHz depending on the variant you get. The mobile RTX 3060 is using Nvidia’s GA106 silicon with 3840 unlocked CUDA cores, more than what you’ll find in the desktop equivalent. It’s a little unusual to be reviewing a laptop GPU variant before the desktop chip, but to align with the laptop release cycle and the launch of AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 APUs, we’re getting the RTX 3060 alongside the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 all at the same time. We’re kicking off our reviews of Nvidia’s RTX 30 laptop GPUs with a look at the GeForce RTX 3060, the more affordable of three new Ampere mobile GPUs released so far.
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