Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GeForce 940M
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GeForce 940M — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
- + Release year (+6)
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+850 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+322 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-20 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+10,130M)
- + Boost clock (MHz) (+327 MHz)
- + CUDA cores (+3456)
- + TMUs (+96)
- + ROPs (+40)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+10.04 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+50.83 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+135.86 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+12.1)
- + PassMark (overall) (+11417)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+20067)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+82226)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+85369)
- + Normalized score (+66.3)
B
GeForce 940M
- + Die size (mm²) (+128 mm²)
- + Base clock (MHz) (+120 MHz)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
|
Component B
GeForce 940M
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+6) | 2015 |
| VRAM (GB) | 6 GB (+4 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz (+850 MHz) | 900 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 336 GB/s (+322 GB/s) | 14 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+128 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W (+5 W) | 75 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-20 nm) | 28 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M (+10,130M) | 1,870M |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² | 148 mm² (+128 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | 900 MHz | 1020 MHz (+120 MHz) |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1425 MHz (+327 MHz) | 1098 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 (+3456) | 384 |
| TMUs | 120 (+96) | 24 |
| ROPs | 48 (+40) | 8 |
| RT cores | 30 | — |
| Tensor cores | 120 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS (+10.04 TFLOPS) | 0.90 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 68.40 GPixel/s (+50.83 GPixel/s) | 17.57 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 171.00 GTexel/s (+135.86 GTexel/s) | 35.14 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 (+12.1) | 6.4 |
| PassMark (overall) | 12,550 (+11417) | 1,133 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 (+20067) | 1,622 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 (+82226) | 6,025 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 (+85369) | 4,549 |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+66.3) | 6.2 |
Only in component A
DLSS
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile | GeForce 940M | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1800 | 80 FPS | 7 FPS | +1042.9% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 110 FPS | 17 FPS | +547.1% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 9 FPS | +1788.9% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103 FPS | 5 FPS | +1960% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 131 FPS | 49 FPS | +167.3% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 112 FPS | 11 FPS | +918.2% (A) |
| Fortnite | 140 FPS | 36 FPS | +288.9% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110 FPS | 14 FPS | +685.7% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120 FPS | 6 FPS | +1900% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 120 FPS | 14 FPS | +757.1% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 81 FPS | 2 FPS | +3950% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 124 FPS | 3 FPS | +4033.3% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 133 FPS | 10 FPS | +1230% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 99 FPS | 11 FPS | +800% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 142 FPS | 10 FPS | +1320% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 81 FPS | 10 FPS | +710% (A) |
| Valorant | 190 FPS | 40 FPS | +375% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile wins 21 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).