GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
CORE STATE
GA106
VRAM
12 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1777 MHz
TDP
170 W
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
CORE STATE
GA106
VRAM
6 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1282 MHz
TDP
60 W
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RTX 3060 12 GB
RTX 3060 Max-Q
Core Specs
Shading Units
3,584
3,840
+7.1%
Shaders
3,584
3,840
+7.1%
TMUs
112
120
+7.1%
ROPs
48
48
0.0%
SM Count
28
30
+7.1%
Clocks
Base Clock
1320 MHz
817 MHz
Boost Clock
1777 MHz
1282 MHz
Memory Clock
1875 MHz
15 Gbps effective
1500 MHz
12 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
12 GB
6 GB
VRAM (MB)
12,288
6,144
-50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Bus
192 bit
192 bit
Bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
3 MB
3 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
85.30 GPixel/s
61.54 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
199.0 GTexel/s
153.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
12.74 TFLOPS
9.846 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
28
30
+7.1%
Tensor Cores
112
120
+7.1%
Power
TDP
170 W
60 W
TDP (W)
170
60
-64.7%
Suggested PSU
450 W
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Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
GPU Name
GA106
GA106
Generation
GeForce 30
GeForce 30 Mobile
Process Size
8 nm
8 nm
Transistors
12,000 million
12,000 million
Die Size
276 mm²
276 mm²
Foundry
Samsung
Samsung
Density
43.5M / mm²
43.5M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.6
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
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Length
242 mm
9.5 inches
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Height
112 mm
4.4 inches
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Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
329 USD
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Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 20
GeForce 20 Mobile
Successor
GeForce 40
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