GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs GT 140 OEM
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 48 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 23 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 69.78 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 18.36 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | G94B | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 March 2009 (15 years ago) | 1 December 2020 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 64 | 4864 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.80 | 253.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.208 TFLOPS | 16.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 80 |
| TMUs | 32 | 152 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 152 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 38 |
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 |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API 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 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 March 2009 | 1 December 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 200 Watt |
GT 140 OEM has 90.5% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060 Ti, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 140 OEM and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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