NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
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Last updated Aug 1, 2026
Price History & Tracker
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB price history in United States: current low $340 USD, 12-month low $225 USD, 12-month median $310 USD.
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB Price Summary
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About average — at $340 USD, the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB is around its typical 3-month price of $340 USD (12-month median $310 USD).
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Overview
The GeForce RTX 3060 12GB is NVIDIA's mainstream Ampere offering, succeeding the RTX 2060 Super from the Turing generation. It occupies the middle tier of the RTX 3000 lineup and was the original RTX 3060 configuration at launch, notable for carrying more VRAM than several cards above it in the stack.
The 12GB GDDR6 frame buffer is paired with a 192-bit memory bus, giving it solid memory bandwidth for its class. It includes 2nd-generation RT cores for hardware ray tracing, 3rd-generation Tensor cores, and DLSS 2 — which marked a substantial quality improvement over DLSS 1 in image reconstruction. Its 170W TDP makes it manageable for most mid-range systems.
With 12GB of VRAM, this card has more texture headroom than its 8GB sibling, making it better suited to modded games, higher-resolution texture packs, and content creation tasks. It targets 1080p gaming with high to ultra settings and handles 1440p respectably when DLSS is engaged.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process Node
- Samsung 8nm
- CUDA Cores
- 3,584
- RT Cores
- 28
- Tensor Cores
- 112
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1,320 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1,777 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 12 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Memory Bus
- 192-bit
- Memory Speed
- 15 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 360 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- TDP
- 170 W
- Power Connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Released
- Feb 25, 2021
How does the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB run popular games?
Fortnite
Excellent 120+126–170 fpsView report →
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