GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N16E-GXX SLI
GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
September 2015
October 2022
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1228 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1126 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
10400 Million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
330 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
3500 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
-
240.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12_1
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
-
3.0
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.7
Vulkan
-
1.3