GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs FirePro S7150 x2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated107
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.10
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTongaGA106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 February 2016 (8 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,999 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores17923584
Core clock speed920 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)265 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate103.0199.0
Floating-point processing power3.297 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs112112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s240.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2016 12 October 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 265 Watt 170 Watt

RTX 3060 8 GB has an age advantage of 6 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 55.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S7150 x2 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro S7150 x2 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is a desktop one.


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AMD FirePro S7150 x2
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