NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

VS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 6GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP and 12GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.

Main Differences

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP 's Advantages

Boost Clock has increased by 4% (1852MHz vs 1777MHz)

256 additional rendering cores

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 's Advantages

More VRAM (12GB vs 6GB)

Larger VRAM bandwidth (360.0GB/s vs 336.0GB/s)

Lower TDP (170W vs 185W)

Score

Benchmark

FP32 (float)

GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP +11%

14.22 TFLOPS

GeForce RTX 3060

12.74 TFLOPS

GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP

VS

GeForce RTX 3060

Graphics Card

Jan 2021

Release Date

Jan 2021

GeForce 30

Generation

GeForce 30

Desktop

Type

Desktop

PCIe 4.0 x16

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

Clock Speeds

1627 MHz

Base Clock

1320 MHz

1852 MHz

Boost Clock

1777 MHz

1750 MHz

Memory Clock

1875 MHz

Memory

6GB

Memory Size

12GB

GDDR6

Memory Type

GDDR6

192bit

Memory Bus

192bit

336.0GB/s

Bandwidth

360.0GB/s

Render Config

-

30

SM Count

28

3840

Shading Units

3584

120

TMUs

112

48

ROPs

48

120

Tensor Cores

112

30

RT Cores

28

128 KB (per SM)

L1 Cache

128 KB (per SM)

3 MB

L2 Cache

3 MB

-

Theoretical Performance

88.90 GPixel/s

Pixel Rate

85.30 GPixel/s

222.2 GTexel/s

Texture Rate

199.0 GTexel/s

14.22 TFLOPS

FP16 (half)

12.74 TFLOPS

14.22 TFLOPS

FP32 (float)

12.74 TFLOPS

222.2 GFLOPS

FP64 (double)

199.0 GFLOPS

Board Design

185W

TDP

170W

450 W

Suggested PSU

450 W

1x HDMI 2.1 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Outputs

1x HDMI 2.1 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

1x 12-pin

Power Connectors

1x 12-pin

Graphics Processor

GA106

GPU Name

GA106

GA106-400-A1

GPU Variant

GA106-300-A1

Ampere

Architecture

Ampere

Samsung

Foundry

Samsung

8 nm

Process Size

8 nm

12 billion

Transistors

12 billion

276 mm²

Die Size

276 mm²

Graphics Features

12 Ultimate (12_2)

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

4.6

OpenGL

4.6

3.0

OpenCL

3.0

1.3

Vulkan

1.3

8.6

CUDA

8.6

6.7

Shader Model

6.6

Related GPU Comparisons

1

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200

2

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs AMD FireStream 9170

3

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM

4

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

5

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs ATI FirePro V8800

6

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI

7

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

8

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

9

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Related News

1

AMD's Thunderous Strike: Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance Scores Revealed for the First Time!

2

Continuous Decline in DRAM Memory Prices: Downward Trend Intensifies

3

NVIDIA GB202 Chip Unveiled for the First Time, to be Used in RTX 5090 with 512-bit GDDR7 Memory

4

Strix Halo Integrated Graphics Score Appears on Passmark, Currently Slightly Below RTX 3060 12GB

5

AMD Unveils New RX 9070 XT Graphics Card Performance: Positioned Between RX 7900 GRE and RX 7900 XT

6

Double the Excitement! AMD FSR 4.0 to Launch Alongside RX 9070 XT Graphics Card

7

CPU-Z Minor Update: Support for Intel's Four New Products and New Memory

8

CXMT Reportedly Achieves 80% Yield in DDR5 Production

9

Intel Wildcat Lake Appears on Shipping List with FCBGA1516 Socket, Poised to Replace Alder Lake-N

10

The Commencement of ARM and Qualcomm Licensing Dispute Trial: Potential Major Impact on PC Market