NVIDIA recently updated its lineup with an 8GB 128-bit GDDR6 variant of the GeForce RTX 3060 (formerly 12GB 192-bit GDDR6), as well as the RTX 3060 Ti with 19Gbps 256-bit GDDR6X memory speeds (formerly 14Gbps 256-bit GDDR6).
The new RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X variant is meant to replace the older GDDR6 variant. NVIDIA’s AIC custom card partners are reportedly phasing down orders for the original RTX 3060 Ti in favor of the newer GDDR6X variant.
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the GDDR6X model is not that it has 35% more memory bandwidth than the original RTX 3060 Ti, but that it sells for the same price.
The new GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X is based on the 8nm “GA104” chip and has the same core configuration as the original RTX 3060 Ti, including 4864 CUDA cores, 152 Tensor cores, 38 RT cores, 152 TMUs, and 80 ROPs; the GPU boost frequency is also 1665 MHz, and typical On-board power is also the same at 200W.
This means the only change is the switch to 19Gbps GDDR6X memory, compared to the original 14Gbps GDDR6, which upgrades the memory bandwidth to 608GB/s, compared to 448GB/s in the old version.
