GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and L40S - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
L40S
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
October 2022
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
18176
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
1,431
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
864.0 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
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3