There were reports earlier that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will launch after RTX 3070 Ampere GPU, and we have already seen some leaks before from Gigabyte and Galax as well. This should be the first budget mainstream offering from Nvidia, and the next GPU to get released in the Ampere lineup.
The RTX 3060 Ti card would be based on the GA104-200 GPU featuring 4864 CUDA cores, and 8GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 Gbps. The bus width will be 256-bit thus giving a total bandwidth of 448 GB/s. The card will also sport 38 RT cores, and 152 Tensor cores. These are second generation RT cores and third gen Tensor cores.
This Ti model will feature a core count greater than the Turing RTX 2080 Ti GPU which packs a total of 4352 cuda cores. Since this GPU will naturally require less power, the TDP should be around 200W, with the reference design having an 180W power envelope.
Now the Eurasian Economic Commission/EEC has listed few custom RTX 3060 Ti SKU model entries from Gigabyte as spotted by Komachi_Ensaka, coming via Tom’s Hardware. This again confirms that Nvidia and its AIBs plan to release this Ti variant soon. These entries were submitted by the manufacturer for certification at EEC.
Currently there is no fixed launch date but these models are expected around the end of October. As we know AMD is going to launch their Big Navi series on October 28, and that could be one reason why Nvidia has decided to launch this Ti variant as well.
Four models from Gigabyte have been listed at EEC. The GV-N306T part number/prefix refers to the RTX 3060 Ti GPU:
- GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB AORUS Master (GV-N306TAORUS M-8GD)
- GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GAMING OC (GV-N306TGAMING OC-8GD)
- GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB EAGLE OC (GV-N306TEAGLE OC-8GD)
- GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB EAGLE (GV-N306TEAGLE-8GD)
One online retailer is also listing this GPU, as spotted by @momomo_us. But the inflated price listed here is just a placeholder and should not be considered as final. This card would not be costing around 1639 USD.
— 188号 (@momomo_us) September 30, 2020
NVIDIA also has plans to launch the GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and the RTX 3070 Ti 16GB after the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series announcement on October 28th, and we have already seen some leaks before from Gigabyte and Galax.
The RTX 3080 20 GB SKU was also indirectly confirmed by NVIDIA in their recently released Ampere whitepaper.
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why a Ti ? for the price ?
This is shaping up to be a nice midrange Ampere. Assuming Nvidia gets the pricing right and availability is not an issue like with all the other Ampere GPUs.
I think nvidia also want to give partner sometime to clear their existing turing inventory. Normally when mid range gpu starts coming out it becoming less an issue. I think something similar happen during 1080/1070 release. Those two also have a bit of stock issue early on. And back then you can see a lot of 980ti being discounted. Once saw palit 980ti golden sample being discounted that only a bit more than what i originally paid for 970. Right now i’m seeing 2060 and 2060S with it’s true price tag without the usual mark up on my local store. In some online outlet they even clearly mention (stock clearance) for their 2060s. So they try to get rid as much as 2060 before any form of 3060 starts selling.
Is it going to be equal to or more powerful than a 2080/ti ?
I doubt it will be close to as fast as a 2080Ti. A 2080 Ti will probably be around 40% faster according to the TPU GPU Database. Here’s the way they stack up on specs which a good bit is already mentioned in the article:
2080 Ti
4352 Shaders
544 Tensor Cores
68 RT Cores
352 bit Memory Bus
616 GB/s Bandwidth
26.9 TFLOPS
11 GB GDDR6 VRAM
3060 Ti
4864 Shaders
152 Tensor Cores
38 RT Cores
256 bit Memory Bus
448 GB/s Bandwidth
16.2 TFLOPS
8GB GDDR6 VRAM
We will know more when reviews come out but if Nvidia can put a decent MSRP on the 3060 Ti then the performance per dollar will be far, far superior to a 2080 Ti.
Hmm so should one consider a used 2080/ti instead of a new 3060ti as there is a panic sale live currently 🙂
Depends on the resolution you are gaming at and what your expectations are for quality settings. For example I don’t think the 3060 Ti will be well suited for 4K gaming and may struggle with 1440p in some games.
My guess is that the 3060 Ti is going to come in around $400 because the 3070 is thought to have a retail price of $500. But even a 3070 won’t be quite as fast as a 2080 Ti according to the TPU GPU database. The 3070 Ti will probably be close to as fast as the 2080 Ti.
One thing to bear in mind is that Mr. Huang has said that the Amperes will be much better at handling RTRT than the Turings so if that’s important to you then a 3070 Ti would be the better choice. TPU is saying that GPU will be around $600.
Speaking for myself I like having the full 3 year warranty on my cards and the 2080 Ti have already been out for 2 years. You never know whether a used card has been abused by the previous owner/owners.
In other words: keep calm and wait for RDNA2 launch, then compare the two and only after that buy one or the other. Haste has never made for wise decisions.
Good advice and if the 3060 Ti release is like the other Amperes then the majority of people are going to have to wait anyway.
My PSU is 700W so probably not enough to run the bigger cards (seems fine on various online calculators though – max 580W), this or the 3070 could be a cheaper stop gap until I rebuild my rig with a new PSU. Or, take the risk of a 3080 and frying my machine?! Decisions decisions…
If it’s a quality PSU then it’s good for everything except a 3090. Some of those cards actually use over 400 watts in peak gaming and that’s not counting overclocking them but you won’t have any problems running a 3080 as long as it’s a quality PSU and provides enough amps on the +12V rail. Also a quality PSU will have a reserve capacity.
Only the really cheap PSUs don’t have the circuitry to shut down the PC if you are overloading the PSU and possibly frying a mobo or some other components. It just doesn’t happen that much anymore with quality PSUs.
Interesting, cheers. It is a quality PSU from a good brand and not that old. I’ll wait until they are out and see if I can find someone testing TPD on these smaller cards. Not in a rush to upgrade but seriously tmepted by the 3080!