GP106 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 - video card comparison
GP106
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP106
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
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September 2021
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
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
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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12 GB
Memory bus width
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192 Bit
Memory clock speed
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15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
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1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.2
NVENC
6th Gen
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PureVideo HD
VP8
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