GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GT vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce 8800 GT
495
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
G92
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2007
January 2021
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
1x 12-pin
SLI options
2-way
-
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
600 MHz
1320 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
199.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-