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R31
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GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

Ampere · Samsung 8N · released 2021-02

The people's AI GPU. 12GB at $249 runs 7B models and SD 1.5. Massive community support.

VRAM
12 GB
Bandwidth
360 GB/s
TDP
170 W
8B Q4
40 t/s
Score
58 /100
Current price
$249
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01  //  Inference benchmarks

Single-stream decode · llama.cpp

Llama 8B · Q4_K_M
40 t/s
Llama 8B · Q8_0
24 t/s
Llama 8B · FP16
13 t/s
# env llama.cpp b4732 · 4096 ctx · batch=1 · prompt=512 · temp=0.0 · median of 5 runs
02  //  Hardware specs
ArchitectureAmpere
Process nodeSamsung 8N
Memory12 GB
Memory bandwidth360 GB/s
FP16 compute12.7 TFLOPS
INT8 compute25 TOPS
TDP170 W
PCIeGen 4 x16
Form factorDual-slot
CoolingAxial
03  //  Model fit

Approximate VRAM required to load weights + 4096 ctx KV cache.

Qwen3 32B
128k ctx
Q4
19 GB
NO
Q8
36 GB
NO
FP16
64 GB
NO
Qwen3 72B
128k ctx
Q4
42 GB
NO
Q8
78 GB
NO
FP16
144 GB
NO
Qwen3 235B
128k ctx
Q4
132 GB
NO
Q8
240 GB
NO
FP16
470 GB
NO
Llama 3.3 70B
128k ctx
Q4
40 GB
NO
Q8
75 GB
NO
FP16
140 GB
NO
DeepSeek V3
128k ctx
Q4
380 GB
NO
Q8
700 GB
NO
FP16
1300 GB
NO
Llama 3.1 8B
128k ctx
Q4
5 GB
FITS
Q8
9 GB
FITS
FP16
16 GB
NO
Qwen3 14B
128k ctx
Q4
8 GB
FITS
Q8
15 GB
NO
FP16
28 GB
NO
Mistral 7B
32k ctx
Q4
4 GB
FITS
Q8
8 GB
FITS
FP16
14 GB
NO
Gemma 2 27B
8k ctx
Q4
16 GB
NO
Q8
30 GB
NO
FP16
54 GB
NO
Codestral 22B
32k ctx
Q4
13 GB
NO
Q8
24 GB
NO
FP16
44 GB
NO
+ STRENGTHS
  • ✓12GB VRAM is enough for 32B-class models at Q4
  • ✓360 GB/s memory bandwidth · top tier in its class
  • ✓Strong tooling: FP16, Q8, Q4 all officially supported
− TRADE-OFFS
  • −Draws 170W under load — plan PSU and thermals accordingly
  • −Limited to dual-slot chassis
  • −Driver lock-in to vendor stack
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