GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU106
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2021
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1650 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
10,800 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2176
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
184 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
224.4
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3