NVIDIA RTX 3060 - 8GB usable

Specifications

BrandNVIDIA
ModelRTX 3060
Usable VRAM8GB
ArchitectureAmpere
CUDA / Stream Processors3,584
Memory Bandwidth240 GB/s
TDP170W
FP32 TFLOPS13

Current Offers

No fresh used offer today · recently £167 on eBayNew from £380

Prices last updated:

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Lowest tracked offers by retailer

UK · GBP · Weekly since Aug 2026 · Shipping may be extra

£100£150£200£250£300£350£400Aug 28Sep 13Sep 30Oct 17Nov 3eBay £380
About these prices

Each line is the lowest offer we tracked from that retailer at weekly snapshots, ending at today's offer. The condition can vary between snapshots (new, used, or unrecorded for older ones). eBay prices exclude shipping.

Weekly offers table
Lowest tracked offer per retailer · UK · GBP
DateeBay
Today, Nov 3, 2026 £379.99
Oct 30, 2026 £379.99
Oct 23, 2026 £379.99
Oct 9, 2026 £167.10
Oct 2, 2026 £167.10
Sep 25, 2026 £167.10
Sep 18, 2026 £167.10
Sep 11, 2026 £167.10
Sep 4, 2026 £194.91
Sep 1, 2026 £146.30
Aug 28, 2026 £146.30

For AI / LLM Use

Limited VRAM restricts you to 7B quantized models. Slower generation, usable but not snappy.

What Models Can It Run?

  • 7B Q6_K, 14B Q3_K (tight)
  • 7B Q4_K_M only

Estimated Performance

Generation: ~18 tokens/sec

Prefill: ~232 tokens/sec

Recommended Quantisations

  • Q4_K_M for 7B models
  • Q3_K for larger experiments

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Ampere architecture: broad CUDA software support
  • Consumer card: easy to install, display output

Cons

  • Only 8GB usable VRAM: limited to small models
  • Low memory bandwidth: slower token generation

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