GeForce GT 430 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 430
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GF108
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2010
September 2021
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
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
-
CUDA cores per GPU
96
-
Floating-point performance
268.8 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
11.2 billion/sec
199.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 - 28.8 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.2
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3