NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 80 nm
216.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 79
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 79
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 308

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

308

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1961

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Tesla
Code name	GA106	C78
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	134	559
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	80 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCI
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6