GeForce RTX 3060 and Rage 128 VR PCI - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
Rage 128 VR PCI
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
Rage 4
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
August 1998
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCI
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
80 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
250 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
8 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
-
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
199.0
0.16
Memory type
GDDR6
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
250 MBps
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x VGA
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
6.0
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
2.0
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
-
Vulkan
1.2
N/A