GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and GeForce RTX 4050 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
GeForce RTX 4050
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2640 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
18,900 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
100 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
211.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
216.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3