NVIDIA · 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is a graphics card released in 2021, based on the Ampere architecture and GA106-300 chip.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is a mid-range graphics card from NVIDIA's GeForce 30 series, launched on February 25, 2021. It is built on the Ampere architecture using an 8 nm process node and features the GA106-300 GPU chip. The card includes 3584 shading units, 28 ray tracing cores, and 112 Tensor/AI cores, with a base clock of 1320 MHz and a boost clock of 1777 MHz. It comes with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s. The card has a TDP of 170 W and uses a PCI Express 4.0 interface. Its launch MSRP was 329 USD. The RTX 3060 succeeded the GeForce RTX 2060 and was succeeded by the GeForce RTX 4060.
Benchmarks
| PassMark G3D Mark | 16,958 |
|---|---|
| PassMark G2D Mark | 951 |
| Geekbench 5 CUDA | 99,213 |
| Geekbench 5 OpenCL | 96,416 |
| Geekbench 5 Vulkan | 74,845 |
| Blender Open Data score | 2,298.84 samples/min |
| Nero Score AVC encode | 6,056 fps |
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | Ampere |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | GA106-300 |
| Process node unverified | 8 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 3584 |
| Ray tracing cores unverified | 28 |
| Tensor / AI cores unverified | 112 |
| Base clock unverified | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock unverified | 1777 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 12 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus unverified | 192 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 360 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 170 W |
| Power connectors unverified | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus interface unverified | PCI Express 4.0 |
| Display outputs unverified | HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a |
| DirectX support unverified | 12 Ultimate |
| Vulkan support unverified | 1.3 |
| OpenGL support unverified | 4.6 |
| Release date | 2021-02-25 |
| Release year | 2021 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 329 USD |
| Successor unverified | GeForce RTX 4060 |
| Predecessor unverified | GeForce RTX 2060 |