HD Graphics 520 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
HD Graphics 520
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Skylake GT2
GA104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
September 2015
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
189 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
24
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
25.20
199.0
Memory type
DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
32 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
System Shared
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
-
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
2.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
+
1.3
Quick Sync
+
-