GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs FirePro W8100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking290not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10051
Power efficiency6.02no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiGA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 June 2014 (10 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

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 cores25603584
Core clock speed824 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate131.8199.0
Floating-point processing power4.219 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs160112
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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length279 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-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 GB12 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s360.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 June 2014 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 170 Watt

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 29.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W8100 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W8100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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