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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104
- Graphics Processor
- GA104
- Cores
- 3584
- TMUs
- 112
- ROPs
- 64
- Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Bus Width
- 128 bit
GPU
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Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
- 3840x2160
The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 is a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched in October 2022. Built on the 8 nm process, and based on the GA104 graphics processor, in its GA104 variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104. Additionally, the DirectX 12 Ultimate capability guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games. The GA104 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 392 mm² and 17,400 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which uses the same GPU but has all 6144 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 3584 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. Also included are 112 tensor cores which help improve the speed of machine learning applications. The card also has 28 raytracing acceleration cores. NVIDIA has paired 8 GB GDDR6 memory with the GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1320 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1777 MHz, memory is running at 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 draws power from 1x 12-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 195 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card measures 242 mm in length, 112 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution.
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 draws power from 1x 12-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 195 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card measures 242 mm in length, 112 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Oct 2022
- Generation
- GeForce 30
- Predecessor
- GeForce 20
- Successor
- GeForce 40
- Production
- Active
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- Reviews
- 61 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1320 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1777 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1875 MHz
15 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Memory Bus
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 240.0 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 3584
- TMUs
- 112
- ROPs
- 64
- SM Count
- 28
- Tensor Cores
- 112
- RT Cores
- 28
- L1 Cache
- 128 KB (per SM)
- L2 Cache
- 3 MB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 113.7 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 199.0 GTexel/s
- FP16 (half)
- 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
- FP32 (float)
- 12.74 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Dual-slot
- Length
- 242 mm
9.5 inches
- Width
- 112 mm
4.4 inches
- TDP
- 195 W
- Suggested PSU
- 450 W
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
- Power Connectors
- 1x 12-pin
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 8.6
- Shader Model
- 6.8
GA104 GPU Notes
| Ray Tracing Cores: 2nd Gen Tensor Cores: 3rd Gen NVENC: 7th Gen NVDEC: 5th Gen PureVideo HD: VP11 VDPAU: Feature Set K Latest Drivers: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (x64): GeForce Release 474.89 Windows 10 / 11 (x64): GeForce Release: Latest Quadro Release: Latest Data Center Release: Latest |
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| Name | GPU Clock | Boost Clock | Memory Clock | Other Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1320 MHz | 1807 MHz | 1875 MHz |
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