GeForce 256 DDR and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti - video card comparison
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
Ampere GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 1999
December 2020
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1665 MHz
Core clock speed
120 MHz
1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
4864
Power consumption (TDP)
-
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.48
253.1
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
300 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
7.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
1.2
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2