NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
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Reference: GeForce RTX 30 series on Wikipedia
- Class
- GPU
- Memory
- 12 GB GDDR6
- Runs (Q4_K_M)
- —
- Bandwidth
- 360 GB/s
- TDP
- 170 W
- Released
- 2021-02-25
- Price (US)
- $287 used · $330 new as of 2026-08
- Price (Canada)
- CA$649.99 new sourced, as of 2026-08
Sourcing and disambiguation notes
2026-08 pricing: MSI Ventus 2X 12G OC returned to Newegg at $329.99 (VideoCardz), part of a broader trend of older-generation cards being resold new due to a 2026 GDDR/VRAM shortage. Used: resaleprices.com fair range $274-296, average $287, 333 active US listings, 2026-08-22. Canadian price: Newegg.ca, GIGABYTE WINDFORCE OC 12GB, in stock, pre-tax. Lowest of several in-stock 12GB models (range ~$650-900 CAD). This CAD figure sits above a naive 1.3-1.6x conversion of the recorded USD price because that USD figure ($330 new) is itself an unusually low secondary/NOS resale listing on an older, discontinued-from-production card, not a representative current retail price; CA$649.99 is a normal in-stock Newegg.ca listing for this card today (CAD/USD ratio ~1.97x).
Specification sources
- https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-12-gb-gddr6-graphics-card-official-ampere-ga106-gpu-launching-in-february-for-329-us/ — press, 2021-01-12
Measurements
Decode is token generation — the speed you feel while an answer streams. Prefill is prompt processing — the wait before it starts. Why bandwidth predicts decode speed.
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Speed over time
What it can run
Fit is arithmetic, not a measurement — how it is computed. Against 12 GB; models that fit are listed largest first.
No modeled quant fits in 12 GB.