GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GTX 780 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated168
Place by popularitynot in top-10069
Power efficiencyno data27.91
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BGA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 September 2013 (11 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 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 cores23043840
Core clock speed863 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHz1425 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate173.2171.0
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPS10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs192120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2013 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3060 Mobile has an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 212.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 6 GB is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
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