GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X vs Radeon RX 480

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	231	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.64	no data
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 10 Ellesmere	GA104
GCN generation	4th Gen	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	29 June 2016 (7 years ago)	2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data
Current price	$174 (0.8x MSRP)	$383

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2304	3584
Compute units	36	no data
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	195 Watt
Texture fill rate	182.3	199.0
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops	no data

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).

Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	242 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 12-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	1	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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	304.1 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	2.0	+
DisplayPort support	1.4HDR	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	n/a	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	n/a	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	+	no data
HD3D	n/a	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	n/a	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
Mantle	n/a	no data
CUDA	no data	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	195 Watt

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