NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104
GPU Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
Sep 2021
Oct 2022
Generation
GeForce 30
GeForce 30
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
Base Clock
1320 MHz
1320 MHz
Boost Clock
1777 MHz
1777 MHz
Memory Clock
1875 MHz
1875 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
12GB
8GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Bus
192bit
128bit
Bandwidth
360.0GB/s
240.0GB/s
Render Config
SM Count
28
28
Shading Units
3584
3584
TMUs
112
112
ROPs
64
64
Tensor Cores
112
112
RT Cores
28
28
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
3 MB
3 MB
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
113.7 GPixel/s
113.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
199.0 GTexel/s
199.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
12.74 TFLOPS
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
12.74 TFLOPS
12.74 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
199.0 GFLOPS
199.0 GFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
GA104
GA104
GPU Variant
GA104-150-KC-A1
GA104
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
Foundry
Samsung
Samsung
Process Size
8 nm
8 nm
Transistors
17.4 billion
17.4 billion
Die Size
392 mm²
392 mm²
Board Design
TDP
170W
195W
Suggested PSU
450 W
450 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Graphics Features
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
8.6
8.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7