GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
G92B
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
738 MHz
-
CUDA cores
128
-
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
199.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
3.0
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3