GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated107
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.10
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV730GA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 July 2007 (17 years ago)12 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 cores3203584
Core clock speed750 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors514 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)59 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate24.00199.0
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs32112
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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Length193 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s240.0 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 July 2007 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 170 Watt

ATI HD 4670 AGP has 188.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 8 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4670 AGP and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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