GeForce RTX 3060 and A100 SXM4 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3060

A100 SXM4

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

Ampere GA106

GA100

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

January 2021

May 2020

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 12-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1777 MHz

-

Core clock speed

1320 MHz

1410 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

7 nm

Number of transistors

13,250 million

54,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

3584

6912

Power consumption (TDP)

170 Watt

400 Watt

Texture fill rate

199.0

609.1

Memory type

GDDR6

HBM2E

Maximum RAM amount

12 GB

40 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

5120 Bit

Memory clock speed

15000 MHz

2430 MHz

Memory bandwidth

360.0 GB/s

1,555 GB/s

Shared memory

-

-

Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

No outputs

HDMI

+

-

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.6

8.0

OpenCL

2.0

2.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.5

Vulkan

1.2

1.2.140