MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6
The 12GB GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with 240 GB/s bandwidth gives this RTX 3060 ample headroom for modern textures at 1080p, while the 1807MHz boost clock and 3584 CUDA cores handle ray tracing and DLSS 2 workloads. The dual-fan Ventus cooler keeps the 170W TDP quiet in a compact 235mm card that fits most mid-tower builds, and the 3x DisplayPort 1.4a plus HDMI 2.1 outputs support 8K displays. This card suits budget gamers upgrading from older GPUs who want 1080p gaming with ray tracing enabled, though it is not ideal for AI or LLM tasks where its 40.1/100 score trails other options.
GPU GeForce RTX 3060
VRAM 12GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 1807 MHz
TDP 170 W
Memory Bus 192 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
54 Overall Score
Price $480
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong connectivity (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average social proof (29th percentile)
- Below average compute (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3060 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 8 |
Memory
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192 |
| Bandwidth | 240 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 3584 |
| Tensor Cores | 112 |
| RT Cores | 28 |
| Base Clock | 1320 |
| Boost Clock | 1807 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 12.74 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 12.74 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 16890 |
| GPU Compute | 8039 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 170 |
| Recommended PSU | 550 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 8-pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCIe 4 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 235 |
| Slot Width | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.0 kg / 2.2 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS 2 |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3060 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1807 | 2805 | 2640 | 2730 | 2680 | 2450 |
| Tdp W | 170 | 360 | 360 | 360 | 339 | 300 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 192 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC | 51.2 | 45.6 | 52.1 | 39.6 | 34.8 | 90.1 | 44.4 | 61.3 | 70.7 | 28.7 | 64.7 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 85 | 95.2 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 59.1 | 94.1 | 88.7 | 15.5 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 59.1 | 94.1 | 99 | 21.4 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 59.1 | 94.1 | 99 | 19.7 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 83.5 | 95.4 | 84.5 | 91.5 | 54.7 | 98.7 | 78.2 | 15.2 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 79 | 92.1 | 85.3 | 88.4 | 87.8 | 67 | 91.5 | 73.6 | 82.2 | 99 | 35 |
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