NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 12GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 and 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 's Advantages
More VRAM (12GB vs 8GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (360.0GB/s vs 240.0GB/s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 9 months late
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3060
12.74 TFLOPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
12.74 TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3060
+18%
8747
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
7384
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 3060
+20%
4097
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
3391
3DMark Speed Way
GeForce RTX 3060
+34%
2181
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
1621
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3060
44
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+2%
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3060
80
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+6%
85
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3060
116
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+13%
132
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 3060
+3%
30
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
29
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 3060
+2%
36
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
35
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 3060
+1%
56
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
55
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3060
+3%
55
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
53
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3060
+3%
101
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
98
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3060
+1%
142
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
140
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3060
50
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+52%
76
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3060
82
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
82
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3060
133
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+15%
154
Graphics Card
Jan 2021
Release Date
Oct 2022
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1320 MHz
Base Clock
1320 MHz
1777 MHz
Boost Clock
1777 MHz
1875 MHz
Memory Clock
1875 MHz
Memory
12GB
Memory Size
8GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR6
192bit
Memory Bus
128bit
360.0GB/s
Bandwidth
240.0GB/s
Render Config
-
-
-
28
SM Count
28
3584
Shading Units
3584
112
TMUs
112
48
ROPs
48
112
Tensor Cores
112
28
RT Cores
28
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
3 MB
L2 Cache
3 MB
-
-
-
Theoretical Performance
85.30 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
85.30 GPixel/s
199.0 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
199.0 GTexel/s
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
12.74 TFLOPS
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
12.74 TFLOPS
199.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
199.0 GFLOPS
Board Design
170W
TDP
170W
450 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
GA106
GPU Name
GA106
GA106-300-A1
GPU Variant
GA106-302-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Samsung
Foundry
Samsung
8 nm
Process Size
8 nm
12 billion
Transistors
12 billion
276 mm²
Die Size
276 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
8.6
6.6
Shader Model
6.6
