NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 videocard review
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 Sep 2021. At the time of release, the videocard cost $329. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA104.
Core clock speed - 1320 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1777 MHz. Texture fill rate - 199.0 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 3584. Manufacturing process technology - 8 nm. Transistors count - 17400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 170 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 12 GB. Memory bus width - 192 bit. Memory clock speed - 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective). Memory bandwidth - 360 GB/s.
Benchmarks
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1997 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 961 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 16857 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere |
| Code name | GA104 |
| Launch date | 1 Sep 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 |
| Place in performance rating | 74 |
| Type | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1320 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 3584 |
| Pixel fill rate | 85.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt |
| Transistor count | 17400 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 242 mm (9.5 inches) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin |
| Width | 112 mm (4.4 inches) |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 |
| Vulkan | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 360 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 |
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