GeForce 256 DDR and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile - video card comparison
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
December 1999
January 2021
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Boost clock speed
-
1702 MHz
Core clock speed
120 MHz
817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
-
115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
0.48
171.0
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
300 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x VGA
No outputs
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