GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
January 2024
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2475 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
7168
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
584.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
504.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
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
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3