GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA107
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2022
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
8,700 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3