RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated48
Place by popularity48not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data52.86
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104AD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 September 2021 (3 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

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 cores35846144
Core clock speed1320 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate199.0299.5
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs4880
TMUs112192
Tensor Cores112192
Ray Tracing Cores2848

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mm168 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB20 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1875 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/s280.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2021 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation has an age advantage of 1 year, a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 142.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop card while RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
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