GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and RTX 4000 Ada Generation - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
RTX 4000 Ada Generation
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
August 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
6144
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
417.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
20 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
160 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
280.0 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