Riva TNT2 M64 and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Riva TNT2 M64
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV5 B6
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 1999
January 2021
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
125 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
250 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
15 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
-
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.25
199.0
Memory type
SDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
143 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
1.144 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
6.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
1.2
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2