GeForce RTX 3060 and Arc Pro A40 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3060

Arc Pro A40

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Generation 12.7 (2022)

GPU code name

Ampere GA106

DG2-128

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

January 2021

August 2022

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

1x 12-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1777 MHz

1700 MHz

Core clock speed

1320 MHz

-

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

6 nm

Number of transistors

13,250 million

7,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

3584

1024

Power consumption (TDP)

170 Watt

50 Watt

Texture fill rate

199.0

108.8

Memory type

GDDR6

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

12 GB

6 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

96 Bit

Memory clock speed

15000 MHz

16 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

360.0 GB/s

192.0 GB/s

Shared memory

-

-

Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0

HDMI

+

-

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.6

-

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.6

Vulkan

1.2

1.3