GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs Radeon HD 6290

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated102
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.93
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCedarGA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 December 2011 (12 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 cores803584
Core clock speed650 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed400 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors292 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate5.200199.0
Floating-point processing power0.104 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs8112
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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s240.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 HDMI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6290 104
RTX 3060 8 GB 15398
+14706%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 December 2011 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 170 Watt

HD 6290 has 794.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 8 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6290 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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