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ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC 12GB GDDR6 PCIE Gaming Graphics Card
Bottom line: The ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC 12GB GDDR6 PCIE Gaming is a specs-and-price decision rather than a crowd-consensus one in the graphics cards category. Check the specification table below against one or two close alternatives — on price and spec fit, not on star ratings.
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Manufacturer description
The ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC 12GB GDDR6 PCIE Gaming Graphics Card is a high-performance GPU designed for gaming enthusiasts.
SpecPicks Verdict
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Video review
I'm still mad… but buy it anyway - RTX 3060 Review — Linus Tech Tips on YouTube
Full Specifications
| vram_gb | 12 |
|---|---|
| memory_type | GDDR6 |
Performance Data
View gaming FPS, AI inference throughput, and synthetic scores for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — the core hardware component in this product. Benchmarks sourced from TechPowerUp, PassMark, and the r/LocalLLaMA community.
Which local LLMs fit in 12 GB?
12 GB holds models up to about 14B at Q4 with a usable context window; above that band the weights spill to system RAM and system-RAM bandwidth sets the speed, not the GPU.
- ✅ 7–9B models (Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen 3 8B) — fits at Q4
- ✅ 12–14B models (Qwen 3 14B, Phi-4) — fits at Q4
- ❌ 20–27B models (Gemma 3 27B, Mistral Small) — needs 20 GB+
- ❌ 30–35B models (Qwen 3 32B, QwQ 32B) — needs 24 GB+
- ❌ 70B models (Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen 2.5 72B) — needs 48 GB+
Across 40 community runs from 21 sources, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates a median 59.5 tok/s on 7–9B models at Q4 (per Hardware Corner).
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