NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is a laptop graphics processor released on May 27, 2019, built on the Turing architecture. It has 2,304 shading units and a boost clock of 1.22 GHz. It supports OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.2, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 7.5.
Depth: 13 recorded fields, 10 features
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against Wikipedia, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 with Max-Q Design, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is based on the Turing architecture and uses the TU106 graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q has 2,304 shading units and 144 texture mapping units.
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q runs at a base clock of 600 MHz and boosts to 1.22 GHz.
Memory
Market
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q was released on May 27, 2019.
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q supports OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.2, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 7.5.
Features
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Compute and AI
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Supported: CUDA Compute capability 7.5Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q supports CUDA (Compute capability 7.5) under Compute and AI.
Media engine
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported4:4:4: Yes | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes | Supported4:4:4: Yes |
| AV1 | Not supported | Not supported |
| VP9 | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (4th Generation, decoder engines: 3).
Frequently asked questions
Does the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q support AV1 encoding?
No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q.
What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q?
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q has CUDA compute capability 7.5.
When was the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q released?
The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q was released on May 27, 2019.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
1 filled value
- Architecture: Turing (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip TU106 -> Turing. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.