GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 560
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104
Architecture
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GF114
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2011
2023
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
810 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
195 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
99 °C
-
Texture fill rate
45.36
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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
3.0
OpenGL
4.1
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.7
Vulkan
N/A
1.3
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-