GeForce RTX 3060 and GA100 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3060

GA100

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

Ampere GA106

GA100

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

January 2021

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Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

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Supplementary power connectors

1x 12-pin

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Boost clock speed

1777 MHz

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Core clock speed

1320 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

7 nm

Number of transistors

13,250 million

54,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

3584

8192

Power consumption (TDP)

170 Watt

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Texture fill rate

199.0

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Memory type

GDDR6

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Maximum RAM amount

12 GB

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Memory bus width

192 Bit

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Memory clock speed

15000 MHz

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Memory bandwidth

360.0 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

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HDMI

+

-

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

N/A

CUDA

8.6

8.0

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

N/A

Shader Model

6.5

N/A

Vulkan

1.2

N/A

NVENC

-

No Support

PureVideo HD

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VP10