NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA Mid-range
NVIDIA Ampere graphics card released in 2021 with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory.
Perf. index
28 / 4090=100
VRAM
12 GB GDDR6
Board power
170 W
Launch price
$329 2021
Faster than 37% of the 71 GPUs we track
RTX 3060 specifications
| Architecture | Ampere |
|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 |
| Shading units | 3,584 |
| Boost clock | 1777 MHz |
| Peak FP32 compute | 12.7 TFLOPS |
| Memory | 12 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 192-bit |
| Board power (TDP) | 170 W |
| Launch MSRP | $329 |
| Est. performance index | 28 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
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Specifications from manufacturer reference data. Performance index is an estimate based on publicly available benchmarks; real-world results vary by game and system.