GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
February 2008
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
64
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
95 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
20.80
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
8.6
1.1
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.5
4.0
Vulkan
1.2
N/A