GeForce GT 720 OEM and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 720 OEM
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GK107
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2017
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
993 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
15.89
199.0
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1782 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.51 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
3.0
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2