GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP104
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.2