Recently, NVIDIA expanded their product lineup with the GeForce RTX 3060 (8 GB 128-bit GDDR6; previously 12 GB 192-bit GDDR6) and the RTX 3060 Ti (19 Gbps 256-bit GDDR6X memory) (originally 14 Gbps 256-bit GDDR6). We’re finding out that the RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X variant is intended to take the place of the previous GDDR6 variant. The older RTX 3060 Ti model is apparently being phased out by NVIDIA’s add-in card (AIC) partners in favor of the more recent GDDR6X model. The GDDR6X variant’s noteworthy feature may not be its 35% higher memory bandwidth than the original RTX 3060 Ti, but rather the fact that it is offered at the same price.

Based on the same 8 nm “GA104” silicon as the original RTX 3060 Ti, the new GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X has the same core configuration, including 4,864 CUDA cores, 152 Tensor cores, 38 RT cores, 152 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. It also has the same GPU boost frequency of 1665 MHz and, surprisingly, the same typical board power of 200 W. What has changed is the upgrade from the original 14 Gbps GDDR6 memory to 19 Gbps GDDR6X memory, which results in a memory bandwidth of 608 GB/s as opposed to the predecessor’s 448 GB/s.