GeForce 7950 GX2 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7950 GX2 vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce 7950 GX2
207
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
15854
GeForce 7950 GX2
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
G71
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2006
October 2022
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
500 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
110 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.00
199.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
3.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.7
Vulkan
N/A
1.3