GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs GT 630M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1007not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Power efficiency2.91no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF108GA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 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 cores963584
Core clock speedUp to 800 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors585 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate10.56199.0
Floating-point processing power0.2534 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs16112
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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR3\GDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus widthUp to 128bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 32.0 GB/s360.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX 11.212 APIno data
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 170 Watt

GT 630M has 415.2% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 630M and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 630M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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