GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 4090
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
AD102-300-A1
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2022
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 16-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
2520 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
2235 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
76,300 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16384
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
450 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
1,290
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
24 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
21000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
1,008 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
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3