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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NVIDIA · Ampere · RTX 30MSRP $329

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is NVIDIA’s midrange Ampere card aimed at 1080p ultra and 1440p high. It scores 46/100 on our 1440p gaming index. 12 GB of VRAM covers most 1440p workloads. Ray tracing works but expect to lean on upscaling for higher resolutions. Supports DLSS 2 for upscaling.

46/100

1440p gaming index

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CORE SPECS

VRAM
12 GB
VRAM BANDWIDTH
360 GB/s
BASE CLOCK
1320 MHz
BOOST CLOCK
1777 MHz
TDP
170 W
FP32
12.7 TFLOPS
RAY TRACING TIER
3 / 5
DLSS / FSR
DLSS 2

PERFORMANCE INDEX

1080p gaming
44/100
1440p gaming
46/100
4K gaming
49/100
Productivity
49/100
AI / compute
56/100

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