GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD103
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
January 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
45,900 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
9728
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
442.3
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
448.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Portable Device Dependent
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