GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GF100
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
January 2021
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
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
700 MHz
1320 MHz
CUDA cores
480
-
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
4.2
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2