GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GF110
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
September 2021
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
772 MHz
-
CUDA cores
512
-
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
49.4 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
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
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
4.2
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
+
1.3