GeForce RTX 3060 vs Jetson AGX Xavier

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated83
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data70.84
Power efficiencyno data17.88
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGV10BGA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateOctober 2018 (6 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 $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 cores5123584
Core clock speed854 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1377 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors9,000 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate44.06199.0
Floating-point processing power1.41 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs32112
Tensor Cores64112
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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared12 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA7.28.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 170 Watt

Jetson AGX Xavier has 466.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060, on the other hand, has a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Jetson AGX Xavier and GeForce RTX 3060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Jetson AGX Xavier is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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