GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs FirePro D500

Place in performance ranking	395	97
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.69	32.87
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Tahiti	GA106
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)	12 October 2022 (1 year ago)
Current price	$475	$384

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 8 GB has 1122% better value for money than FirePro D500.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	3584
Core clock speed	725 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	69.60	199.0
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	279 mm	242 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB/s	240.0 GB/s

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 Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.72	39.80
Recency	18 January 2014	12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	170 Watt