GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
CORE STATE
GA106
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1777 MHz
TDP
130 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2022
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
CORE STATE
GA104
VRAM
12 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1777 MHz
TDP
170 W
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RTX 3050 8 GB
RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Core Specs
Shading Units
2,560
3,584
+40.0%
Shaders
2,560
3,584
+40.0%
TMUs
80
112
+40.0%
ROPs
32
64
+100.0%
SM Count
20
28
+40.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
1552 MHz
1320 MHz
Boost Clock
1777 MHz
1777 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
1875 MHz
15 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
12 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
12,288
+50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128 bit
192 bit
Bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
3 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
56.86 GPixel/s
113.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
142.2 GTexel/s
199.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
9.098 TFLOPS
12.74 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
20
28
+40.0%
Tensor Cores
80
112
+40.0%
Power
TDP
130 W
170 W
TDP (W)
130
170
+30.8%
Suggested PSU
300 W
450 W
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
GPU Name
GA106
GA104
Generation
GeForce 30
GeForce 30
Process Size
8 nm
8 nm
Transistors
12,000 million
17,400 million
Die Size
276 mm²
392 mm²
Foundry
Samsung
Samsung
Density
43.5M / mm²
44.4M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.6
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
242 mm
9.5 inches
242 mm
9.5 inches
Height
112 mm
4.4 inches
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
249 USD
329 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 20
GeForce 20
Successor
GeForce 40
GeForce 40