GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce3 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce3
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce3
4
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce3
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
NV20 A5
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
February 2001
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
57 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
-
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
199.0
1.600
Memory type
GDDR6
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
64 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
230 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
3.68 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
8.0
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
2.0
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
-
Vulkan
1.2
N/A