Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
No matter which way you slice it though, right now the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the best value $400 graphics card on the market. There’s simply no way you’d invest in a Radeon RX 5700 XT beyond this point.
– As reviewed by TechSpot on Dec 2020
Ampere
Architecture
Midrange
Product Tier
4864
Shader Cores
80
ROPs
152
TMUs
38
RT Cores
8 GB
Memory
GDDR6
Memory Type
448 GB/s
Bandwidth
200 W
TDP
$450
Price
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Dec 2, 2020 | Price at Launch: | $399 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | Ampere |
| Generation: | RTX 30 series | Product Tier: | Midrange |
| VRAM Capacity: | 8 GB | Total Board Power: | 200 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 4864 | TMUs: | 152 |
| ROPs: | 80 | L2 Cache: | 4 MB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 8 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR6 |
| Memory Speed: | 14 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 256-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 448 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 1.41 GHz | Boost Clock: | 1.67 GHz |
| FP32 Throughput: | 16.2 TFLOPs | Ray Tracing: | Yes |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 38 | Process Size: | 8nm |
| Process Name: | Samsung 8N | Die Size: | 392 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 200 W | Power Connectors: | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 4.0 x16 | HDMI Support: | HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort Support: | DP 1.4a | DSC: | 1.2a |
| Max Displays: | 4 | ||
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 12 Ultimate | Shader Model: | 6.6 |
| Vulkan Version: | 1.4 | OpenGL Version: | 4.6 |
GPU Benchmarks
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Price History
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti pricing
| Price | Date | |
| Current | $450 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Highest* | $539 | Jun 7, 2025 |
| Lowest* | $329 | Nov 16, 2025 |
| Average | $429 | |
* Prices are based on listings from Newegg and other major retailers over the past 12+ months.
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No matter which way you slice it though, right now the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the best value $400 graphics card on the market. There’s simply no way you’d invest in a Radeon RX 5700 XT beyond this point.
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