GeForce 7800 GT Dual and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
GeForce 7800 GT Dual
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
G70
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2005
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
400 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
302 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
-
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
8.000
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