Mid-RangeNVIDIAAmpere
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6 NVIDIA graphics card. Mid-Range-tier performance for 1080p gaming.
Specifications
- VRAM
- 12 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Raster Score
- 8,521
CPU Pairing Analysis
| CPU | CPU Load | GPU Load | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-12600K | 100% | 73% | CPU BN | Full test → |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 100% | 100% | Balanced | Full test → |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 66% | 100% | GPU BN | Full test → |
| Intel Core i9-14900 | 56% | 100% | GPU BN | Full test → |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 46% | 100% | GPU BN | Full test → |
Local AI: models that run on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
9 of 18 popular open models fit entirely in its 12 GB of VRAM at 8K context, each at the best compression level that fits.
- Llama 3.2 3BFP16 · ~37 tok/s
- Gemma 3 4BFP16 · ~28 tok/s
- Mistral 7B v0.3Q8 · ~31 tok/s
- Llama 3.1 8BQ8 · ~28 tok/s
- Qwen3 8BQ8 · ~28 tok/s
- Gemma 3 12BQ5 · ~28 tok/s
- Mistral Nemo 12BQ5 · ~28 tok/s
- Phi-4 14BQ4 · ~27 tok/s
- Qwen3 14BQ4 · ~27 tok/s
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