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GeForce RTX 3060
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VRAM
12 GB
CUDA
3,584
FP32
12.74 TF
Bandwidth
360 GB/s
TDP
170W
Boost
1777 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute12.74 TFLOPS12%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth360 GB/s20%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity12 GB38%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units3,58416%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency24/10041%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy14,760pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)7,560pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,132spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute103,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming41
Ray tracing42
AI / Compute43
Creator / 3D41
Power efficiency24
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 39 fps
1080p
62
1440p
38
4K
17
Counter-Strike 2avg 122 fps
1080p
218
1440p
102
4K
47
Fortniteavg 113 fps
1080p
170
1440p
112
4K
56
Battlefield 5avg 100 fps
1080p
131
1440p
102
4K
66
Far Cry 5avg 87 fps
1080p
123
1440p
91
4K
47
Valorantavg 244 fps
1080p
228
1440p
257
4K
247
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
102fps
1440p
65fps
4K
38fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($329) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$2.89
1440p
$5.74
4K
$8.49
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love the 12GB VRAM for modern games without breaking the bank. The common gripe is that it runs hotter and louder than they expected under load.
Pros
- Handles modern games at high settings
- Twelve gigs of VRAM future-proofs you
- Runs cool and quiet under load
- Great value for 1080p and 1440p
Cons
- Fans can get loud under load
- Memory bus is too narrow
- Not great for 4K gaming
Supported technologies
Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 3,584
- RT Cores
- 28
- Tensor Cores
- 112
- TMUs
- 112
- ROPs
- 48
- L2 cache
- 3 MB
Memory
- Size
- 12 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 192-bit
- Bandwidth
- 360 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1875 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1320 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1777 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 12.74 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 12.74 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 85 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 199 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 170W
- Suggested PSU
- 300W
- Power connectors
- 1x 12-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- Length
- 242 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.7
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 8.6
Verdict
Our verdict on the RTX 3060
The RTX 3060 is a mainstream Ampere card with a generous 12GB frame buffer for 1080p gaming.
Get it if you want a solid 1080p card with extra VRAM for mods or older games. Skip it if you need modern ray tracing or high-refresh 1440p performance.
Buy it if…
- You need a big VRAM buffer for modded games or 3D work.
- You want to play modern games at high settings in 1080p.
- You are building a budget VR-capable gaming PC.
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