GeForce RTX 3060 vs GTX 780 Rev. 2

Place in performance ranking	399	71
Place by popularity	not in top-100	5
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.60	42.71
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK110B	Ampere GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 September 2013 (10 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$329
Current price	$270 (0.4x MSRP)	$317 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 has 2569% better value for money than GTX 780 Rev. 2.

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	2304	3584
Core clock speed	863 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	902 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	173.2	199.0
Floating-point performance	4,156 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	267 mm	242 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	12 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	360.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

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	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	3.5	8.6

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	27−30 −333%	117 +333%
1440p	18−20 −333%	78 +333%
4K	12−14 −350%	54 +350%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.61	44.19
Recency	10 September 2013	12 January 2021
Cost	$649	$329
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	170 Watt