GeForce RTX 3060 and Polaris 23 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
Polaris 23
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
Polaris 23
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
14 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
2,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
640
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)
12 (12_0)
CUDA
8.6
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OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3