GeForce GT 430 PCI and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GT 430 PCI
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GF108
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2010
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
700 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
11.20
199.0
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
9.6 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
2.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.7
Vulkan
N/A
1.3