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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop Graphics Processor produced by NVIDIA. It was launched in January 2021. The Ampere (Architecture) graphics processor is an average-sized chip with a die area of 276 mm², 12000 million transistors count, and TDP is 170W. It features 3584 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs.
The GeForce RTX 3060 has 28 raytracing acceleration cores, and the fabrication process is Samsung 8nm. GeForce RTX 3060 has paired 12 GB GDDR6 memory and uses a 192-bit memory interface. GeForce RTX 3060 operates at a base frequency of 1320 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1780 MHz, and memory runs at 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective).
Vendor | NVIDIA |
Released | January 2021 |
Type | Desktop |
Model | GeForce RTX 3060 |
Codename |
GA106 Variant GA106-300-A1 |
Architecture | Ampere |
RT Cores | 28 |
Integrated GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 |
GPU Base Clock | 1320 MHz |
GPU Boost Clock | 1780 MHz |
Shading Cores | 3584 |
TMUs | 112 |
ROPs | 48 |
Execution Units | 112 |
Cache | 3MB |
Pixel Rate | 85.30 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 199.0 GTexel/s |
TFLOPs | 12.74 TFLOPS |
Max. Resolution | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz |
Multi GPU | - |
Supported Displays | 4 |
Overclocking | - |
Memory Types | GDDR6 |
Memory Size | 12GB |
Memory Speed | 15 Gbps |
Memory Clock | 1875 MHz |
Memory Bandwidth | 360.0 GB/s |
Memory Interface | 192 bit |
ECC Support | - |
Transistors | 12000 million |
TDP | 170W |
Fabrication process | Samsung 8nm |
PCI Express Version | 4.0 x16 |
Die Size | 276mm² |
Length | 242mm |
Width | 112mm |
Height | 40mm |
Temperature | 93°C |
Direct X Version | 12 |
Vulkan Version | 1.3 |
Open GL Version | 4.6 |
Open CL Version | 3.0 |
Shader Model | 6.7 |
Multi-Format Codec Engines | - |
HDMI Support | Yes |
HDMI Ports | 1 |
HDMI Version | 2.1 |
Display Port Outputs | 3 |
DVI Outputs | 1.4a |
Mini DisplayPort outputs | - |
OS Supports | - |
G3D PassMark Result | - |
Passmark | - |
3DMark Vantage Performance | - |
3DMark 11 Performance GPU | - |
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU | - |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | - |
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics | - |
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Has air-water cooling |