GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 vs GTX 960M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking492not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.00no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM107GA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)October 2022 (2 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 cores6403584
Core clock speed1096 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt195 Watt
Texture fill rate47.04199.0
Floating-point processing power1.505 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40112
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 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

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 amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s240.0 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
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 195 Watt

GTX 960M has 160% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 8 GB GA104, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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