GA106 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
GA106
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA106
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
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October 2022
Interface
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PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
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1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
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1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
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170 Watt
Texture fill rate
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199.0
Memory type
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GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
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8 GB
Memory bus width
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128 Bit
Memory clock speed
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15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
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1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
NVENC
7th Gen
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PureVideo HD
VP11
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