GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and GeForce RTX 4090 D - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
GeForce RTX 4090 D
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
December 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
76,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
14592
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
425 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
1,149
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
24 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
21 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
1,008 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
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3