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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti — Benchmarks & Specs

8 GB VRAM200W TDP$399 MSRP2020
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a graphics card from the Ampere family released in 2020 from NVIDIA. Key on-paper specs include 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, 200W TDP. It launched with a $399 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing — see the linked product cards below for current Amazon listings. Data on this page draws on 8+ Amazon listings, 10 synthetic benchmark results, 10 community AI inference reports, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).

Synthetic Benchmarks

Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.

3DMark Fire Strike via KitGuru
30,706 points
3DMark Fire Strike via Notebookcheck
28,145 points
PassMark G3D Mark via PassMark
20,264 pts
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme via Notebookcheck
13,898 points
3DMark Time Spy via Legit Reviews
12,330 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra via Notebookcheck
7,126 points
3DMark Port Royal via Legit Reviews
7,038 points
3DMark Port Royal via HotHardware
6,843 points
3DMark Speed Way via HWBOT
3,176 points
3DMark Steel Nomad via UL Benchmarks (3DMark)
2,689 points

AI Inference Performance

Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.

deepseekr1:32b q8_0 via LocalLLaMA
863.0 tok/s
llama2:7b q4_0 via llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879
86.7 tok/s
llama2:7b q4_0 via KnightLi llama.cpp GPU Benchmark Scoreboard
75.6 tok/s
llama2:7b q4_K_M via DatabaseMart
73.1 tok/s
llama2:7b q4_0 via DatabaseMart
73.1 tok/s
llama2:7b q4_K_M via Databasemart
73.1 tok/s
mistral:7b q4_0 via DatabaseMart
71.2 tok/s
mistral:7b q4_K_M via Databasemart
71.2 tok/s
mistral:7b q4_K_M via DatabaseMart
71.2 tok/s
qwen2:7b q4_0 via DatabaseMart
63.7 tok/s

Products Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Full Specifications

tdp w200
vram gb8
vram typeGDDR6
cuda cores4864

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti best used for?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is positioned as a 8 GB VRAM Ampere-family graphics card. Use it for 1080p gaming and general productivity. See the synthetic + AI benchmark tables below for measured performance.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti released, and what was its launch MSRP?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti launched in 2020 at a $399 MSRP. Street prices diverge from launch pricing over a product's lifetime — check the linked Amazon listings on this page for current availability.
Where do the benchmark numbers on this page come from?
Synthetic benchmarks are scraped from public databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench Browser, Cinebench leaderboards). AI inference numbers come from the LocalLLaMA community (Reddit threads, llama.cpp / Ollama discussion logs, and Phoronix when available). Every benchmark row carries an inline source citation — click through to verify the original number.
Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti run local LLMs?
Yes — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has 10 AI inference benchmarks on file (see the AI Inference Performance section above for model + tokens-per-second numbers).
Where can I buy the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti?
Amazon listings are linked at the top of this page (in the hero CTA) and in the "Products Featuring this Hardware" section below. SpecPicks earns a small affiliate commission on qualifying purchases.

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