Is 12gb gpu better than 8gb?

Compared to the original 12GB model, the 8GB variant sees a significant reduction in its bus width, from 192-bit down to 128-bit. Furthermore, the newer variant packs in a much smaller 1.5MB of L2 cache while producing an effective bandwidth of just 224GB/s, a whopping 61% deficit over the 12GB model.

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2023-04-06 03:55:03

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Why does 3060 have 12gb and 3060 ti have 8gb?
The actual reason is that the 3060 was originally engineered to use 6GB of VRAM, not 12, but since almost all of AMD's RX products had more VRAM at a given price than Nvidia counterparts, Nvidia just decided to up the size of VRAM chips on the 3060 from 1GB to 2GB per die, resulting in this ridiculous piece of tech ...
2024-01-11 21:37:31

Does 12gb ram make difference from 8gb?
The same rule applies to the physical memory, 8GB can access less amount of data as compared to 12GB memory. If you are dealing with heavy tasks, for example, graphics designing, gaming, animation, or video rendering, then a 12GB module would take a huge amount of load off your CPU as compared to an 8GB module.
2023-06-01 10:32:22

Do you need 12gb ram gpu?
For some, yes, it's worth it. For those who are going to be getting a graphics card that can handle 4K with the highest settings will see that some games can populate up to 12GB of vRam when it's pushed. If you're not going for extreme use cases though, there's not really a POINT to having 12GB vram if it's included.
2023-02-23 19:16:20

Which is better 8gb 128 or 12gb 256?
Which is better 8GB 128 or 12GB 256? There is no difference between them only Ram and Storage is more.
2023-01-01 21:19:12

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