GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA106
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2022
July 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
990 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
63.36
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
240.0 GB/s
144.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3