GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
16367
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
15854
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU106
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2021
October 2022
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
12,000 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
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
240.0 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
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3