Steam Deck GPU and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
Steam Deck GPU
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Van Gogh
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2022
September 2021
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2,400 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.20
199.0
Memory type
LPDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5.5 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
88 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3