GeForce GT 430 PCI and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 430 PCI
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GF108
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2010
January 2021
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
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
13,250 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
12 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
9.6 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
2.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2