NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 vs NVIDIA Tesla C2050
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GA104 | GF100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GA104-150-A1 | GF100-850-A3 |
| Architecture | Ampere | Fermi |
| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 8 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | 3,100 million |
| Die size | 392 mm² | 529 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Sep 1st, 2021 | Jul 25th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 30 | Tesla |
| Predecessor | GeForce 20 | — |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 329 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 60 in our database | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1320 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1777 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 1875 MHz 15 Gbps effective | 750 MHz 3 Gbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 574 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 1147 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 12 GB | 3 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 360.0 GB/s | 144.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 3584 | 448 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 112 | 56 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| SM count | 28 | 14 |
| Tensor cores | 112 | — |
| RT cores | 28 | — |
| Cache L1 | 128 KB (per SM) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 3 MB | 768 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 85.30 GPixel/s | 16.07 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 199.0 GTexel/s | 32.14 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 12.74 TFLOPS | 1,028 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) | 513.9 GFLOPS (1:2) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 242 mm 9.5 inches | 248 mm 9.8 inches |
| Width | 112 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 170 W | 238 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI |
| Power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 2.0 |
| Shader model | 6.6 | 5.1 |
