NVIDIA · Ampere
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB: specs and comparison
- 12 GB GDDR6
- 170 W
- PSU 550 W+
- Launch price
- $329
- MSRP, US
- Release
- February 25, 2021
- Power supply
- 550 W+
- manufacturer recommendation
Performance
There are no benchmark results for this configuration yet. Runs under the shared GPU name are on the page of GeForce RTX 3060.
Specifications
Reference values for the chip. Clocks, length and connectors depend on the card model.
Chip
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Shader units
- 3,584 (CUDA cores)
Clocks
- Base clock
- 1,320 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,780 MHz
Memory
- Video memory
- 12 GB
- Memory type
- GDDR6
- Memory bus
- 192 bit
Power and dimensions
- Board power
- 170 W (board power)
- Recommended PSU
- 550 W
Checked against the manufacturer’s official page on 2026-11-08. Fields missing from the page are left empty (unknown). There is also an 8 GB (128-bit) variant, which is a separate model. Blender Open Data does not distinguish memory size, so results are not linked to this card.
Specifications: NVIDIA, checked November 8, 2026. Release date and launch price: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Will it fit your system
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