GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
GT218
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
April 2007
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCI
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
16
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
40 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
4.160
Memory type
GDDR6
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
1000 MBps
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
8.6
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.5
4.1
Vulkan
1.2
N/A