Quadro RTX 8000 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
Quadro RTX 8000
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU102
GA104
Market segment
Workstation
Desktop
Release date
August 2018
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1770 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1395 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
18,600 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
260 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
509.8
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3