Playstation 5 Pro GPU vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking107not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.10no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA106Viola
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2022 (2 years ago)7 November 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores35843840
Core clock speed1320 MHz2180 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2350 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt232 Watt
Texture fill rate199.0564.0
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS36.1 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs112240
Tensor Cores112no data
Ray Tracing Cores28no data

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 x16no data
Length242 mm386 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1875 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.0 GB/s448.0 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 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2022 7 November 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 232 Watt

RTX 3060 8 GB has 36.5% lower power consumption.

Playstation 5 Pro GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and Playstation 5 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
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