GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs Radeon R5 M420

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1037not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameJetGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

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 cores3203584
Core clock speed780 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors690 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data170 Watt
Texture fill rate17.00199.0
Floating-point processing power0.544 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs20112
Tensor Coresno data112
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s360.0 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 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2016 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M420 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R5 M420
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