NVIDIA introduces GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with GA106 GPU
NVIDIA has confirmed to launch its mid-range GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card at 329 USD. The GPU will feature 12GB of GDDR6 memory, which is more than RTX 3060 Ti. This is a fifth installment in the GeForce desktop series.
NVIDIA claims that their new graphics card will have 13 TFLOPs single-precision compute performance with up to 35 TFLOPs in raytracing and up to 101 Tensor-FLOPS in AI-related operations.
The graphics card will be available in late February.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Source: NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Performance, Source: NVIDIA
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | GeForce RTX 3060 |
| Architecture | NVIDIA Ampere | NVIDIA Ampere |
| GPU | GA104-200 | GA106-300 |
| Base Clock | 1.41 GHz | 1.32 GHz |
| Boost Clock | 1.67 GHz | 1.78 GHz |
| CUDA Cores | 4864 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | 38 | 28 |
| Tensors/TMUs | 152 | 112 |
| Memory | 8GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Clock | 14 Gbps | 15 Gbps |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| TGP/TBP | 200W | 170W |
| MSRP | 399 USD | 329 USD |
| Release Date | December 2nd, 2020 | Late February 2021 |
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NVIDIA Introduces GeForce RTX 3060, Next Generation of the World’s Most Popular GPU
Powered by NVIDIA Ampere Architecture, Delivers Up to 10x the Ray-Tracing Performance of GTX 1060; Starting at $329
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NVIDIA today announced that it is bringing the NVIDIA Ampere architecture to millions more PC gamers with the new GeForce® RTX™ 3060 GPU.
With its efficient, high-performance architecture and the second generation of NVIDIA RTX™, the RTX 3060 brings amazing hardware ray-tracing capabilities and support for NVIDIA DLSS and other technologies, and is priced at $329.
NVIDIA’s 60-class GPUs have traditionally been the single most popular cards for gamers on Steam, with the GTX 1060 long at the top of the GPU gaming charts since its introduction in 2016. An estimated 90 percent of GeForce gamers currently play with a GTX-class GPU.
“There’s unstoppable momentum behind ray tracing, which has quickly redefined the new standard of gaming,” said Matt Wuebbling, vice president of global GeForce marketing at NVIDIA. “The NVIDIA Ampere architecture has been our fastest-selling ever, and the RTX 3060 brings the strengths of the RTX 30 Series to millions more gamers everywhere.”
With newer gaming titles come bigger worlds with cinematic graphics and real-time ray tracing — these are gaming workloads that only RTX-powered platforms are suited to handle. The GeForce RTX 3060 has twice the raster performance and 10x the ray-tracing performance of the GTX 1060, making it a formidable upgrade opportunity and the foundation of a gaming PC platform powerful enough to handle cutting-edge titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Fortnite with RTX On at 60 frames per second.
The RTX 3060’s key specifications include:
- 13 shader-TFLOPs
- 25 RT-TFLOPs for ray tracing
- 101 tensor-TFLOPs to power NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling)
- 192-bit memory interface
- 12GB of GDDR6 memory
Resizable BAR will be supported on the GeForce RTX 30 Series starting with the RTX 3060. When combined with a compatible motherboard, this advanced PCI Express technology enables all of the GPU memory to be accessed by the CPU at once, providing a performance boost in many games.
Like all RTX 30 Series GPUs, the RTX 3060 supports the trifecta of GeForce gaming innovations: NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and NVIDIA Broadcast, which accelerate performance and enhance image quality. Together with real-time ray tracing, these technologies are the foundation of the GeForce gaming platform, which brings unparalleled performance and features to games and gamers everywhere.
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