GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 vs 310M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1365 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.63 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 January 2010 (15 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 cores | 16 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 170 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 199.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04896 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 73 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 112 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
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).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 360.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 January 2010 | 1 September 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 170 Watt |
GeForce 310M has 1114.3% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060 GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 310M and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 310M is a notebook graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 is a desktop one.
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