GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs Quadro RTX 6000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking65not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10053
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.24no data
Power efficiency13.47no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 $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 cores46083584
Core clock speed1440 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate509.8199.0
Floating-point processing power16.31 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs288112
Tensor Cores576112
Ray Tracing Cores7228

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-pin

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 amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2018 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 170 Watt

RTX 6000 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 52.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 6000 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
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