GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X
GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA104
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
2022
February 2024
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
8,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
195 Watt
70 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
105.8
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
19 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
304.1 GB/s
168.0 GB/s
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
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3