GeForce 7900 GT and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7900 GT vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce 7900 GT
266
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce 7900 GT
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
G71
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2006
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
450 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
48 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.80
199.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
42.24 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