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RTX 3060 8GB

Released 2021-10-26 · Street $249
vram
8 GB
discrete
bandwidth
240
GB/s
models fit
5
top · Q6_K
power
170 W
low

Spec sheet · top pick

Hardware spec
RTX 3060 8GB
NVIDIA · Ampere · sm_86
vram
8 GB
bandwidth
240 GB/s
tdp
170 W
released
2021-10-26
msrp
$329
street
~$249
★ Sweet spot for this card
Gemma 2 9B
Q6_K · GGUF · 7.6 GB
bench35.0 · conf B
vram7.6 / 8 GB
speed32 tok/s
Best benchmark per GB of VRAM in your tier. Q6_Kwastes <3% quality vs FP16, leaves headroom for 32k context.
Full model inspect →

Top 5 models on this GPU

#modelquantvramtok/sbench ↓fit
01Gemma 2 9BQ6_K7.6 GB3235.0Ok
02Gemma 3 12BQ4_K_M6.8 GB3531.3Great
03Gemma 3 4BQ8_04.7 GB5115.1Great
04Gemma 2 2bFP164.7 GB510.0Great
05Meta Llama 3.1 8BQ6_K6.8 GB350.0Great
Showing 5 of 5 models that fit · see full ranked list →

Upgrade options

★ Best value
+RTX 5090
32 GB · ~$2,399 · +$2,150 over RTX 3060 8GB
Unlocks +11 models not in current rank · top-pick bench +15.6
See RTX 5090
Bigger tier
+RTX 5080
16 GB · ~$1,099 · +$850 over RTX 3060 8GB
Unlocks +7 models not in current rank · top-pick bench +15.6
See RTX 5080
Premium tier
+RTX 5070 Ti
16 GB · ~$849 · +$600 over RTX 3060 8GB
Unlocks +7 models not in current rank · top-pick bench +15.6
See RTX 5070 Ti

Also compare

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16 GB · NVIDIA · 241% more
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12 GB · NVIDIA · 141% more
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
16 GB · NVIDIA · 80% more
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