NVIDIA may bring back RTX 3060 12GB cards this summer
NVIDIA is preparing another production run for the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, according to a new post from Board Channels. The report claims that RTX 3060 12GB GPU supply will resume in June , with add-in-card partners expected to receive chips before new graphics cards enter mass production around July.
The post claims that Colorful, ASUS, MSI and Galax are among the brands expected to receive new allocation. Supply is described as limited, with quantities varying by vendor. This suggests a targeted return rather than a full relaunch of the Ampere model.
Source: Board Channels
June was already mentioned
RTX 5050 9G is delayed, launch becomes pretty uncertain now. The newly produced RTX 3060 will fill the gap, ETA June 2026.
— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) April 17, 2026
This is not the first time the RTX 3060 has been linked to a return. We already covered earlier reports claiming that the card could return in Q1 2026, followed by another report that RTX 3060 12GB supply could fill part of the gap left by the delayed (or as some say cancelled) RTX 5050 9GB.
The RTX 3060 12GB was announced in January 2021 and became available in late February 2021 at $329. This means NVIDIA is reportedly considering new supply for a card that is now more than five years old. The model uses the Ampere architecture, 3584 CUDA cores, a 192-bit memory bus and 12GB of GDDR6 memory, according to NVIDIA’s official specifications.
NVIDIA still has not responded to our question
We reached out to NVIDIA for comment about the reported RTX 3060 12GB production resumption. The company has not replied. That is unusual for a product this old, as the RTX 3060 is no longer part of NVIDIA’s current-generation lineup.
Source: Board Channels
