GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 vs GTX 590

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	555	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.68	no data
Power efficiency	1.68	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GF110	GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 March 2011 (14 years ago)	October 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1024 ×2	3584
Core clock speed	607 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	365 Watt	195 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	38.91 ×2	199.0
Floating-point processing power	1.244 TFLOPS ×2	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	48 ×2	64
TMUs	64 ×2	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28
L1 Cache	1 MB	3.5 MB
L2 Cache	768 KB	3 MB

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	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	279 mm	242 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) ×2	8 GB
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU) ×2	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1707 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	327.7 GB/s ×2	240.0 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	Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	365 Watt	195 Watt

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