The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is probably not the one Ampere graphics card getting a GDDR6X reminiscence improve. Slovakian retailer DT digital (through momomo_us (opens in new tab)), which focuses on Lenovo merchandise, has listed an unreleased GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with GDDR6X reminiscence.
Much like the state of affairs with the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X, the GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X can be the third iteration of the GeForce RTX 3060. The unique mannequin debuted final yr with the GA106 die. A second variant arrived available on the market a couple of months later with an identical specs however a much bigger GA104 die. Since Nvidia hasn’t introduced the GDDR6X mannequin, it stays a thriller whether or not it makes use of the GA106 or GA104 die.
Beginning with delicate modifications, the GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X appears to rock a 1,780 MHz increase clock, 3 MHz quicker than the vanilla GeForce RTX 3060. It isn’t one thing to brag about because it represents a lower than 1% uplift. Nonetheless, a better increase clock velocity barely bumps the FP32 efficiency from 12.7 TFLOPs to 12.8 TFLOPS. It isn’t one thing the typical gamer will discover in real-world situations.
GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X Specs*
| Graphics Card | GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X | GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 | GeForce RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | GA106 | GA104 | GA106 |
| Course of Know-how | Samsung 8N | Samsung 8N | Samsung 8N |
| Transistors (Billion) | 12 | 17.4 | 12 |
| Die dimension (mm²) | 392 | 392 | 276 |
| SMs | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| GPU Cores | 3,584 | 3,584 | 3,584 |
| Tensor Cores | 112 | 112 | 112 |
| RT Cores | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Base Clock (MHz) | 1,320 | 1,320 | 1,320 |
| Enhance Clock (MHz) | 1,780 | 1,777 | 1,777 |
| VRAM Velocity (Gbps) | 19 | 15 | 15 |
| VRAM | 12GB GDDR6X | 12GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR6 |
| VRAM Bus Width | 192 | 192 | 192 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| TMUs | 112 | 112 | 112 |
| TFLOPs FP32 (Enhance) | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| Bandwidth (GBps) | 456 | 360 | 360 |
| TGP (watts) | 170 | 170 | 170 |
| Launch Date | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Launch Value | ? | $329 | $329 |
*Specs are unconfirmed.
The GeForce RTX 3060 has 12GB of GDDR6 reminiscence clocked at 15 Gbps. With entry to a 192-bit reminiscence interface, the GeForce RTX 3060 pumps out a reminiscence bandwidth of 360 GBps. DT digital’s product itemizing (opens in new tab) confirms that the GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X sports activities “tremendous quick G6X reminiscence for an excellent consumer expertise.” Sadly, the retailer did not present reminiscence velocity. We will solely speculate since GDDR6X frequencies span from 19 Gbps to 21 Gbps.
We expect the GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X is in all chance rocking 19 Gbps GDDR6X reminiscence chips. In that case, the graphics card may provide a reminiscence throughput of 456 GBps, a big 27% enchancment over the common GeForce RTX 3060. In fact, the GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X improve is not as appreciable because the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X (36%), however the latter does have a wider reminiscence interface.
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It might seem that the GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X retains the identical 170W TDP as the opposite two variants. The graphics card can get all of the juice from the growth slot and a single 8-pin PCIe energy connector. Nonetheless, count on heavily-overclocked fashions to come back with 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe energy connectors.
Whereas the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X may have the same MSRP as the unique, the pricing for the GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X remains to be within the air. DT digital did not expose the worth for the Lenovo GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X (4X61E72194). Nonetheless, the identical graphics card has appeared in two U.S. retailers, however the pricing is far and wide.
The Lenovo GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X is on Newegg for $589 (opens in new tab) and $675 (opens in new tab) by way of third-party sellers. In the meantime, Provantage sells it for $546 (opens in new tab). These are possible costs earlier than the Ethereum mining bubble burst. With common GeForce RTX 3060 beginning at $369, the GDDR6X mannequin ought to have the same, if not decrease, price ticket.
