GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1852 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
185 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
222.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3