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GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
3,584
FP32
12.74 TF
Bandwidth
240 GB/s
TDP
170W
Boost
1777 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute12.74 TFLOPS12%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth240 GB/s13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units3,58416%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency24/10041%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy13,320pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)6,840pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,924spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute91,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming37
Ray tracing38
AI / Compute38
Creator / 3D37
Power efficiency24
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 32 fps
1080p
44
1440p
32
4K
20
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 45 fps
1080p
61
1440p
45
4K
28
Alan Wake 2avg 26 fps
1080p
36
1440p
26
4K
16
Forza Horizon 5avg 47 fps
1080p
64
1440p
47
4K
29
Baldur's Gate 3avg 38 fps
1080p
52
1440p
38
4K
24
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love the solid 1080p gaming and smooth ray tracing for the price. The main gripe is the 8 GB VRAM feels tight in newer, demanding titles.
Pros
- Sips power, stays whisper quiet
- Handles 1080p gaming with ease
- Runs cool under heavy loads
- Fits smaller cases without trouble
Cons
- The 8GB VRAM is already tight
- Noisy under heavy gaming loads
- Requires a beefy power supply
Supported technologies
Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 3,584
- RT Cores
- 28
- Tensor Cores
- 112
- TMUs
- 112
- ROPs
- 48
- L2 cache
- 3 MB
Memory
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 240 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1875 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1320 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1777 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 12.74 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 12.74 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 85 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 199 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 170W
- Suggested PSU
- 300W
- Power connectors
- 1x 12-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- Length
- 242 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.7
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 8.6
Verdict
Our verdict on the RTX 3060 8 GB
A last-gen midrange card with Ampere architecture that gets kneecapped by its own reduced memory bus and VRAM.
Get it if you need a budget-friendly card for smooth 1080p gaming in most modern titles. Skip it if you want to do heavy 1440p gaming or video editing, where the limited memory will hold you back.
Buy it if…
- You are building a budget gaming PC and want solid 1080p performance.
- You need a capable GPU for creative work like photo editing or video rendering.
- You want a reliable card for smooth VR gaming without breaking the bank.
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