NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB videocard review

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 Oct 2022. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA106.

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 - 12000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 170 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 240.0 GB/s.

Benchmarks

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36540

7381

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1306

972

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38717

15394

Name	Value
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7381
PassMark - G2D Mark	972
PassMark - G3D Mark	15394

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Ampere
Code name	GA106
Launch date	12 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm
Pipelines	3584
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6