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Intel Core Ultra 265K + RTX 3060

GPU(s)RTX 3060
Amazon · eBay (used) · Newegg
VRAM / unified memory (GB)12
CPUIntel Core Ultra 7 265K
Amazon · eBay (used) · Newegg
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Reported total cost
PowerPeak 229.3 W (gpt-oss 20B)

Measured speed (generation tokens/sec)

ModelQuantEnginetok/s
gpt-oss 20Bllama.cpp83.96
DeepSeek R1 Distill 14Bllama.cpp29.77
Llama 3.2 3Bllama.cpp122.85

Numbers from Jeff Geerling's ai-benchmarks results table (llama.cpp/Ollama eval rate). Quantization not stated in the summary table. Power is peak whole-system draw during that test.

Current GPU street price (estimate, not the builder's cost)Estimated GPU cost for this build today: ≈€429
New retail prices in Germany incl. VAT; used cards are often much cheaper. Prices change daily.

Source: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks/issues/40
https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks

Blank fields = not stated in the source. We never estimate build data; GPU street prices above are separately sourced and dated.

Rent before you buy: try this model on a cloud GPU for a few dollars first: RunPod

Quick answers: Can RTX 3060 12GB run gpt-oss 20B?