GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP vs Quadro RTX 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking109not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.22no data
Power efficiency17.01no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104GA106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 November 2018 (6 years ago)2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

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 cores23043840
Core clock speed1005 MHz1627 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1852 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate222.5222.2
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPS14.22 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs144120
Tensor Cores288120
Ray Tracing Cores3630

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s336.0 GB/s

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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 185 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 15.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 3840SP, on the other hand, has a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 4000 and GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
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