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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 11% to 181%, including 119% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,179 vs 8,747). On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti generates 69.9 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $329 · $1,199. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
vram gb 1212
vram type GDDR6GDDR6X
tdp w 170350
cuda cores 358410240

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, Legit Reviews, Wccftech, HWBOT, ComputerBase, HWBOT Community, Notebookcheck, PC Perspective, Geekbench Browser and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 21,653 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Legit Reviews, Wccftech, HWBOT, ComputerBase		 5,074 points14,254 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, HWBOT Community, ComputerBase		 2,192 points5,441 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, ComputerBase		 1,976 points5,094 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: ComputerBase		 —21,907 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 8,747 points19,179 points
3DMark Time Spy (GPU score) (higher is better)
Source: ComputerBase		 —18,680 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 9,755 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, PC Perspective		 —9,714 points
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 82,071 points—
Geekbench 6 Vulkan (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 91,383 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 984 pts1,095 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 11% to 181%, including 119% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,179 vs 8,747).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti generates 69.9 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti at $1,199. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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