New On sale 6%
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge 12GB GDDR6
GPU GeForce RTX 3060
VRAM 12GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 1777 MHz
TDP 170 W
Memory Bus 192 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
55 Overall Score
Price $450
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong connectivity (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
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 | 1777 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 12.74 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 12.74 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 16890 |
| GPU Compute | 8039 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 170 |
| Recommended PSU | 600 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 8-pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 224 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.6 kg / 1.3 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge | MSI Shadow RTX 5070 TI 16G SHADOW 3X OC | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N507TAORUS M-16GD | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5070TI-O16G-GAMING | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3060 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1777 | 2482 | 2670 | 2610 | 2680 | 2450 |
| Tdp W | 170 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge | 51.8 | 45.9 | 51.8 | 39.7 | 46.2 | 89.9 | 56.7 | 58.6 | 70.5 | 48.3 |
| MSI Shadow RTX 5070 TI 16G SHADOW 3X OC Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 | 88.9 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N507TAORUS M-16GD Compare | 80.6 | 88.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 | 99.1 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5070TI-O16G-GAMING Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 99.2 | 95.5 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 42.4 | 98.7 | 78.5 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 66.8 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 82 | 99.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $450
Micro Center 1 offer From $450
Amazon 1 offer From $480
Price History
Usage Scores
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
