GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and Radeon RX 7950 XT - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Radeon RX 7950 XT
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
RDNA 3.0 (2022)
GPU code name
GA104
Navi 31
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
-
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
3000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
57,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
5376
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
1,008
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
20 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
20 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
800.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
3.0
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3