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NVIDIA · Ampere (derived from codename prefix) · 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — GA104-150-KC-A1

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — GA104-150-KC-A1: 12 GB GDDR6, 170 W, 3,584 CUDA cores. Launched September 1, 2021 at $329.

Memory
12 GB
Power
170 W
Bus width
192 bit
Memory12 GB19 of 77 in GeForce RTX
Power170 W41 of 66 by higher draw in GeForce RTX
CUDA cores3,58446 of 78 in GeForce RTX
Launch price$32942 of 54 in GeForce RTX

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Memory

Capacity
12 GB
Memory type
GDDR6
Bus width
192 bit
Memory clock
1,875 MHz
Bandwidth
336 GB/s

Compute

CUDA cores
3,584
SM count
28
TMUs
112
ROPs
64
FP32
9,462 GFLOPS
FP64
148 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
84.48 GP/s
Texture fill rate
147.84 GT/s

Clocks

Boost clock
1,320 MHz

Board

TDP
170 W
Bus interface
PCIe 4 x16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
329 USD

Physical

Architecture
Ampere (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GA104-150-KC-A1
Transistors
17.4 billion
Die size
392.5 mm²
Series
GeForce RTX
Launch date
September 1, 2021

Not recorded by the source: generation, process, base clock and external power required.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

392.5 mm² die · 3,584 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 32 shaders.392.5 mm² die · 3,584 shadersEach dot = 32 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB ranks 43rd of 66 for FP32 throughput and 19th of 77 for memory capacity. Its 170 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16