GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1650 TU106
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU106
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2020
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1590 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
10,800 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
89.04
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2