GeForce GTX 295 and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce GTX 295
1242
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GT200B
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2009
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
1320 MHz
CUDA cores
480
-
CUDA cores per GPU
240
-
Floating-point performance
2x 596.2 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
289 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
92.2 billion/sec
199.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1792 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
896 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
223.8 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
896 MB
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-