NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 3060

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	February 2021
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,176	3,584
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,650 MHz	1,780 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card	NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost partner card. NVIDIA announced worldwide partner availability of the 8 GB revision from November 2022.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	8 nm (Gainward Ghost datasheet)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	First-generation RT Cores	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1,470 MHz	1.32 GHz; NVIDIA rounds boost to 1.78 GHz, while Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus both specify 1,777 MHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	192-bit or 128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	360 GB/s or 240 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth	15 Gbps GDDR6. Original 12 GB is 192-bit with 360 GB/s bandwidth (Gainward Ghost); later 8 GB is 128-bit with 240 GB/s (Gainward Pegasus).
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	175 W	170 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	NVIDIA's original Founders Edition manual shows 2 × DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI and USB-C; its current comparison table omits USB-C. Pictured PNY Dual Fan lists DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D, with no USB-C listed.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3; check the chosen partner card
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	Varies by partner card; Gainward's 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus each specify 1 × PCIe 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	NVIDIA specifies 550 W; requirements depend on the system	550 W on NVIDIA's reference specification, based on an Intel Core i9-10900K system
Slot width
Slot width	Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan	Varies by partner card; no Founders Edition model
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 228.60 × 112.6 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.65 × 9.25 × 4.4 inches	–
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies no NVLink support.	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode