nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory512
Cores96 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
GeForce GTX 1630
$ • Jun 2022
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 170 W | 75 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 96 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 512 |
| RT Cores | 28 | N/A |
| TMUs | 112 | 32 |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 85.3 GPixel/s | 28.56 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 360 GTexel/s | 96 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 12.74 GFLOPS | 1.828 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 12000 Million | 4700 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
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