GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs 9800 GT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1040not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.07no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG92GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 July 2008 (16 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160 $329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1123584
Core clock speed600 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors754 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.60199.0
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs56112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm242 mm
Height1-slotno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s360.0 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 ConnectorsHDTVDual Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 July 2008 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 170 Watt

9800 GT has 61.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.


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