NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Benchmark and Specs

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU benchmark, specs and release date - 12 GB NVIDIA Graphics card rating. How good is the GeForce RTX 3060 for gaming?

Benchmark Score

5,276
Very Good score from 209 samples
Low uncertainty
Performance
Very Good
Ranking
98th of 588
Popularity
1st of 588
Samples
209 benchmarks

Gaming benchmarks

Here is the performance of the GeForce RTX 3060 is some popular titles. The frame rate may depend on the display resolution, the graphics preset and the test system CPU.

ELDEN RING

ELDEN RING

60 FPS average
21 FPS 1% low
Call of Duty

Call of Duty

149 FPS average
111 FPS 1% low
Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077

76 FPS average
74 FPS 1% low
Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

84 FPS average
78 FPS 1% low
Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

144 FPS average
133 FPS 1% low
Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

75 FPS average
68 FPS 1% low
Apex Legends

Apex Legends

225 FPS average
137 FPS 1% low
God of War

God of War

84 FPS average
74 FPS 1% low
Fortnite

Fortnite

239 FPS average
193 FPS 1% low

Quick compare

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GPU Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more GPUs with our GPU Comparison Tool.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
10,996 points
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
8,641 points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
8,233 points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
6,694 points
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
5,600 points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
5,276 points
AMD Radeon RX 6600
4,321 points

GPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this graphics card in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks. All tests were performed at 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Flux Core

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

262 FPS average
188 FPS 10% low
175 FPS 1% low

Electron

Randomly generated noise sphere test

126 FPS average
123 FPS 10% low
109 FPS 1% low

City

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

183 FPS average
163 FPS 10% low
150 FPS 1% low

Clouds

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

99 FPS average
95 FPS 10% low
82 FPS 1% low

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

3DMark Graphics

3DMark Graphics

High-end graphics benchmark

8,766
Blender

Blender

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

2,317
Geekbench 5 (CUDA)

Geekbench 5 (CUDA)

CUDA compute benchmark

99,213
Geekbench 5 (OpenCL)

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

96,416
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan)

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

74,845
Geekbench 6 (OpenCL)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

89,510
Geekbench 6 (Vulkan)

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

86,221

Compare these benchmarks and specs using our GPU Comparison Tool

Specifications

Core Clock 1320 MHz
Boost Clock 1777 MHz
Memory Type GDDR6
Memory Size 12 GiB
Bus Width 192 bit
Memory Bandwidth 360 GB/s
TDP 170 W
Floating Point Performance 12.74 TFLOP/s
Release Date 2021-01-12
PCIe Revision 4
DirectX Support 12
OpenGL Support 4.6
Pixel Rate 85.3 Gigapixels/s
Texture Rate 199 Gigatexels/s
Shading Units 3584
Texture Mapping Units 112
Render Output Processors 48

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

The GeForce RTX 3060 is an NVIDIA GPU that was released in January 2021. This GPU is very good at gaming with a score of 51% in our PC benchmark.

The GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GiB of GDDR6 memory, with a total memory bandwidth of 351 GB/s. The memory bus has a width of 192 bits. If you plan on gaming at higher resolutions with higher quality textures, more memory is important. Without enough memory, performance will be degraded.

In terms of clock speed, the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU core runs at a frequency of 1320 MHz and if power and temperature permits, it can boost up to 1777 MHz. The clock runs at a speed called the clock speed. It dictates the number of updates per second that the GPU can process. Overclocking a chip, which means increasing the clock speed will improve the performance. However, thermals and power efficiency may be diminished.

As for rendering API support, the GeForce RTX 3060 supports up to DirectX 12. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.6 features are supported. Newer APIs are usually more efficient, allowing for better performance in games and better graphical effects.

Power and thermals for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 170 watts. This measures the amount of heat the GPU produces when running at 100%. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's a good estimate.

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Last updated Sep 23, 2023. Analysis by hardwareDB.

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