NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 $329
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra $499
3584 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1777MHz
16 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
400MHz
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
170W
TDP
81W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 96,465
32%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 99,110
28%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 75,845
37%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 305
40%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Curie
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 6000
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-300-A1
Codename
NV45
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/25/2021
Release Date
3/14/2005
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
IBM
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
130nm
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
287 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
222 Million
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
0.77M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
16 Shaders
6 Vertex Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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400MHz
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
101.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP64
200 GFLOPS
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BF16
12.74 TFLOPS
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
12.74 TFLOPS Tensor
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
203.8 TOPS Tensor
407.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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101.9 TOPS Tensor
203.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
6.37 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
6.4 GPixel/s
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Vertex Rate
0.6 GVertices/s
Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
6.4 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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Unknown
L2
3MB Shared
L2
Unknown
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12GB
GDDR6
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512MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
360GB/s
Clock
525MHz
Transfer Rate
1.1GT/s
Bandwidth
33.6GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
81W
Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 7
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
9
Direct 3D
9_3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP1
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2x Fans
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
197 mm (7.76 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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