GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 vs FX 5900

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1463not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV35GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 May 2003 (21 year ago)October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data3584
Core clock speed400 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors135 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data195 Watt
Texture fill rate3.200199.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8112
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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Length218 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed425 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth27.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 8 nm

RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5900 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
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