GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 vs 9600 GSO 512
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1179 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.66 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | G94 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 October 2008 (16 years ago) | October 2022 (2 years ago) |
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 cores | 48 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 195 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 199.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.156 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 24 | 112 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 242 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| SLI options | 2-way | - |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB/s | 240.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | Two Dual Link DVIHDTV | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 195 Watt |
9600 GSO 512 has 116.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060 8 GB GA104, on the other hand, has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.
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