GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs GTX TITAN X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking158not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.17no data
Power efficiency9.19no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM200GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores30723584
Core clock speed1000 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate209.1199.0
Floating-point processing power6.691 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs192112
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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-pin
SLI options4x-

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 amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.21x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.28.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2015 1 September 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 170 Watt

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 47.1% lower power consumption.

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