NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 440 MHz
4x more boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 440 MHz
18844.7x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
149.3x more pipelines: 3584 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1100 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 239
72.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15295 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 440 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 440 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 239
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295 vs 210

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

239

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15295

210

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	239
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295	210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		575

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Curie
Code name	GA106	G70
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	82	1228
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	440 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	3584	24
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	550 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	256
Shared memory		0