GeForce 256 DDR and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 1999
January 2021
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
120 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
-
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.48
199.0
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
300 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
360.0 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