GeForce RTX 2060 TU104 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2060 TU104
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU104
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2020
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1680 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,600 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
201.6
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
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, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2