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GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB VRAM • 360 GB/s • 12740 FP16 TFLOPS

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Specifications

VRAM
12 GB
Memory Bandwidth
360 GB/s
FP16 TFLOPS
12740
TDP
170W
Architecture
Ampere

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