GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and RTX 2000 Ada Generation - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
RTX 2000 Ada Generation
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
February 2024
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
18,900 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
2816
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
70 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
187.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
256.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x mini-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