GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	155
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Tahiti	GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	22 June 2012 (12 years ago)	4 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data
Current price	$359 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

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	2048	3840
Core clock speed	no data	817 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1702 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	134.4	171.0
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	274 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

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	6 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	336.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 June 2012	4 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	115 Watt

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