GeForce 6800 GT and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce 6800 GT
146
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV45
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
350 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
199.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2