GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs UHD Graphics 600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1123not rated
Place by popularity4253
Power efficiency12.55no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGemini Lake GT1GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

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 cores963584
Core clock speed200 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors189 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate7.800199.0
Floating-point processing power0.1248 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs12112
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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
WidthIGP2-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared12 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2017 1 September 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 170 Watt

UHD Graphics 600 has 3300% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 600 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.


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