Radeon R9 280X2 vs GeForce RTX 3060

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking112not rated
Place by popularity5not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation61.73no data
Power efficiency18.17no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGA106Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 January 2021 (4 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores35842048 ×2
Core clock speed1320 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate199.0128.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs4832 ×2
TMUs112128 ×2
Tensor Cores112no data
Ray Tracing Cores28no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length242 mm315 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin3x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB3 GB ×2
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1875 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/s288.0 GB/s ×2
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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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
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API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.76.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.31.2.170
CUDA8.6-
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Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 375 Watt

RTX 3060 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 120.6% lower power consumption.

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