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GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

NVIDIA · Consumer GPU · 2021

12 GB VRAM
360 GB/s
170W TDP
$329 MSRP
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ModelMetricValueSource
Llama-3.1-8B Q4_K_M
Token generation: single user, batch 1, 4k context, mean of 3 runs
tokens per second 38 tok/s
llama.cpp b3500 (CUDA) · 2026-05-22
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Llama-3.1-8B Q4_K_M
Prompt processing: 512-token prompt, batch 1, mean of 3 runs
prompt tokens per second 950 tok/s
llama.cpp b3500 (CUDA) · 2026-05-22
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Qwen3-8B Q4_K_XL
Token generation: 16K context, batch 1, Ubuntu 24.04, on-hardware lab measurement
tokens per second 42 tok/s
llama.cpp llama-bench, CUDA 12.8 · 2025-12-09
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Full Specifications

Vram gb
12 GB
Vram type
GDDR6
Memory bus
192 bit
Memory bandwidth gbps
360 GB/s
Tdp watts
170 W
Cuda cores
3584
Pcie interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Architecture
Ampere

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