GeForce GT 520M and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
GA104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
September 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
740 / 600 MHz
-
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
199.0
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 API
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3
Optimus
+
-