GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 vs GTX 460 v2 ES

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF114GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 September 2011 (13 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 cores3363584
Core clock speed779 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate43.62199.0
Floating-point processing power1.046 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs56112
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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
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 amount1280 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 September 2011 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 170 Watt

GTX 460 v2 ES has 6.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 860% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES
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