GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 vs Quadro M5500
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 322 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 9.66 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 April 2016 (9 years ago) | October 2022 (3 years ago) |
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 | 2048 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1165 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 195 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 149.1 | 199.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.772 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | 112 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | 3.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1753 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s | 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 | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Display Port | 1.2 | no data |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| VR Ready | + | no data |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 195 Watt |
Quadro M5500 has 30% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060 8 GB GA104, on the other hand, has a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M5500 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M5500 is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 is a desktop one.
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