GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA106
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
2021
January 2024
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1852 MHz
2475 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
7168
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
222.2
584.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
504.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
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
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3