Nvidia is filling out it’s Ampere GPU line up with a new affordable model, the RTX 3060 Ti. The Ampere cards have elevated our expectations of a GPU should be. The new RTX 3060 Ti slots in underneath these cards and matches up closely to the outgoing RTX 3080 super but at a price of around $400. The Ampere series brings a new generation of ray tracing cores and new AI tuned tensor cores.
| RTX 3060 Ti | RTX 3070 | |
| Design |  |  |
| Price (MSRP) | $399 | $499 |
| VRAM | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
| VRAM Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| GPU Core | GA104-200-A1 | GA104-300-A1 |
| Process | Samsung 8N | Samsung 8N |
| CUDA Cores | 4864 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | 38 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 152 | 184 |
| Base Clock | 1410 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| TDP | 200W | 220W |
Nvidia continues to release attractive and cost effective GPUs with the 3060 Ti. The price paired with the performance makes this card a better deal for budget minded consumers. This card is a perfect choice for high end 1080p gaming or all around 1440p gaming. The $100 savings makes this card a better value to performance than the RTX 3070. Hopefully with 2020 behind us, the supply will improve and more will be able to purchase the card.