GeForce RTX 4070 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
AD104
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2023
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 16-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
2475 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1920 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
35,800 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
455.4
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
21000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
504.2 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.9
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3