GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
GA104
TU106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
December 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
10,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
2176
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
184 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
224.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
7.5
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3