Average Bench: 100% (63rd of 713)

Based on 447,556 user benchmarks.  Devices: 10DE 2503, 10DE 2487, 10DE 2504 Model: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

The RTX 3060 is Nvidia’s latest 3000 series GPU. Even if it (ever…) comes into stock at $330 USD, it will struggle to match the groundbreaking 3060 Ti in terms of value for money. Nvidia’s new Ampere architecture, which supersedes Turing, offers both improved power efficiency and performance. The 3060 features 3,584 CUDA cores, 112 Tensor cores, it has a boost clock of 1.78 GHz, 12 GB of memory and a power draw of just 170 W. The 3060 offers similar performance to the previous generation’s 2060 Super at an 18% MSRP discount. Given the widespread issues AMD users are facing with 5000 series GPUs (blue/black screens etc.), AMD’s 6000 series GPU’s will have to see substantial price cuts and a huge marketing effort in order to gain any traction. Meanwhile PC gamers can look forward to an unparalleled gaming experience in class leading titles such as Cyberpunk 2077. At ultra settings, with ray tracing enabled, Cyberpunk 2077 redefines the boundaries of immersive gaming. It makes GTA5 look like Tetris in comparison. The combination of RTX+DLSS delivers stunning graphics that are several tiers higher than both AMD's best discrete GPUs and the upcoming consoles. In terms of real world performance, Nvidia’s 3000 series has more or less put AMD’s Radeon group in checkmate. Nonetheless, AMD’s marketers are capable of delivering elaborate BS albeit whilst struggling to keep a straight face. Their marketing infrastructure outsold Intel in the CPU market despite a 15% performance deficit. Without an appropriate social media marketing strategy, Nvidia will probably lose considerable market share, for all the wrong reasons. [Feb '21 GPUPro]

Excellent average bench

The Nvidia RTX 3060 averaged 0.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvidia RTX 3060 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 131fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 140fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia RTX 3060 is just 15.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia RTX 3060 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 122fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 123fps

Average Bench

(Based on 447,556 samples)
Min Avg Max
116 Lighting 131 142
110 Reflection 122 151
107 Parallax 123 138
107% 125 fps
Min Avg Max
131 MRender 140 147
95.5 Gravity 102 108
82.4 Splatting 88.6 96.6
87.8% 110 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 565.90
Lighting 136
Reflection 122
Parallax 128
111% 129 fps
MRender 142
Gravity 104
Splatting 90.8
89% 112 fps
MSI(1462 397B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 566.03
Lighting 133
Reflection 158
Parallax 126
109% 139 fps
MRender 145
Gravity 105
Splatting 90.6
90% 113 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1536) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 566.03
Lighting 130
Reflection 145
Parallax 135
106% 137 fps
MRender 142
Gravity 98.5
Splatting 85.6
86% 109 fps
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 566.03
Lighting 106
Reflection 138
Parallax 97.7
86% 114 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 99.7
Splatting 86.4
85% 107 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $330 @ launch in Feb '21)
MSI(1462 397D) 14% 100% ± 4%
MSI RTX 3060 12GB Ventus 2X
GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC
EbayUS $28220 mins
AmazonUS $28514 mins
Gigabyte(1458 4074) 8% 102% ± 4%
Gigabyte RTX 3060 12GB Gaming OC
GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD REV2.0
AmazonUS $29014 mins
EbayUS $29320 mins
Asus(1043 881D) 5% 100% ± 5%
Asus RTX 3060 12GB Dual OC
DUAL-RTX3060-O12G-V2
AmazonUS $30014 mins
EbayUS $31420 mins
MSI(1462 397B) 5% 98% ± 5%
MSI(1462 3976) 5% 99% ± 3%
MSI RTX 3060 12GB Gaming X
GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
AmazonUS $4001 day
EbayUS $43820 mins
Zotac(19DA 4630) 5% 101% ± 4%
Zotac RTX 3060 12GB Twin Edge OC
ZT-A30600H-10M
AmazonUS $35014 mins
EbayUS $41220 mins
Gigabyte(1458 4072) 4% 101% ± 4%
Gigabyte RTX 3060 12GB Eagle OC
GV-N3060EAGLE OC-12GD REV2.0
AmazonUS $38914 days
EbayUS $6203 months
Nvidia(10DE 2504) 4% 99% ± 5%
EVGA(3842 3656) 4% 98% ± 6%
Asus(1043 8810) 3% 100% ± 4%
Nvidia(10DE 1536) 3% 100% ± 4%
Asus(1043 8816) 3% 100% ± 4%
Zotac(19DA 2630) 3% 99% ± 4%
HP(103C 8903) 2% 101% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 4073) 2% 102% ± 4%
EVGA(3842 3657) 2% 99% ± 4%
EVGA RTX 3060 12GB XC Gaming
12G-P5-3657-KR
Asus(1043 8811) 2% 99% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 4071) 2% 99% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 407B) 2% 103% ± 2%
Legend(17AA 2088) 2% 100% ± 4%
PNY(196E 138E) 1% 98% ± 6%
MSI(1462 3903) 1% 100% ± 8%
Nvidia(10DE 2487) 1% 102% ± 3%
Asus(1043 8818) 1% 101% ± 6%
Gigabyte(1458 4096) 1% 98% ± 5%
Asus(1043 8866) 1% 98% ± 8%
Sapphire(174B A630) 1% 100% ± 3%
PNY(196E 13A7) 1% 101% ± 4%
Nvidia(10DE 2503) 1% 99% ± 3%
Legend(17AA 2090) 1% 100% ± 5%
Asus(1043 87F3) 1% 98% ± 10%
Nvidia(10DE 1522) 1% 99% ± 4%
PNY(196E 138F) 1% 101% ± 1%
Device(7377 2000) 0% 105% ± 3%
Asus(1043 8865) 0% 99% ± 7%
EVGA(3842 3652) 0% 101% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 1530) 0% 104% ± 2%
Asus(1043 8817) 0% 96% ± 9%
MSI(1462 8E90) 0% 98% ± 6%
EVGA(3842 3658) 0% 106% ± 3%
Asus(1043 87F7) 0% 94% ± 3%
MSI(1462 397E) 0% 99% ± 2%
Zotac(19DA 6617) 0% 99% ± 4%
Asus(1043 8868) 0% 99% ± 10%
PNY(196E 1377) 0% 97% ± 1%
Dell(1028 C973) 0% 100% ± 2%
Asus(1043 87F5) 0% 88% ± 0%
Asus RTX 3060 12GB Tuf OC
TUF-RTX3060-O12G-V2-GAMING
AmazonUS $3975 days
EbayUS $49620 mins
Asus(1043 87F6) 0% 90% ± 0%
Asus(1043 88D6) 0% 102% ± 0%
Device(7377 1501) 0% 102% ± 0%
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18 hrs ago.

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Even though it's not as good as the 3060 Ti, at least it is not AMD garbage—Feb '21


Excellent

4 days ago.

Card runs well for the power consumption, Rtx games run well too


Average

7 days ago.

i am using a 3060 for a year now. it does suprisingly well on 1440p monitors, but as i looked on UserBenchmark, i think its time to upgrade to RTX 4060-TI. honestly, i recommend this card but rtx 4060 ti is just better and almolst close to the price of an 3060.


Good

3 months ago.

I love it, It run game like Teardown with not that bad FPS drops so I think that's why.


Good

21 days ago.

for 2023 this is not the beast grafic


Excellent

7 days ago.

it is my first rtx and it is great and very good


Good

1 month ago.

I personally have it and its great!


Poor

17 days ago.

the best cheap gpu for gaming and editing in 4k


Poor

21 days ago.

Just upgraded my setup from GTX1050Ti. Runs everything I need it to run, without issue. Paired with i5-12400F, 16gb RAM.


Excellent

8 months ago.

It is still good for newer games and cheap


Good

3 years ago.


Good

1 month ago.

i like it i bougt last week its runs games preety well


Liked

1 month ago.

Comment 

thanks for review these benchmarks really help and are informative i always use this websites to compare gpu vs gpu to see wich is really the best thanks to devs for making this benchmarking web :)—May '23


Good

1 month ago.

because its in the 30s series


Poor

5 months ago.

good price for insane performance


Average

2 years ago.

Has very strong potential, but this GPU was cut heavily and was kinda expensive at even it's MSRP ($330).


Excellent

12 months ago.

good price and insane performance 300+FPS on most games insane 1080 good 1440


Good

17 months ago.

Abundant VRAM for all your 3D modeling needs.


Good

22 months ago.

AMAZING performance for a price that they offer for this card on facebook marketplace.


Excellent

2 years ago.

Excellent card. Amazing performance with a reasonable price.


Excellent

22 months ago.

I have this card , its a beast . I can finaly rest


Excellent

2 years ago.

Can run basically every single game out there with 100+ fps for only around $400 if you can get a good deal.


Excellent

2 years ago.

Nice heavr


Good

2 years ago.

Honestly, this is my first legit graphics card on a custom rig, so I'm probably biased, but I'm really impressed with the RTX 3060! The Nvidia DLSS/DLAA anti-aliasing feature is a very nice luxury to have, and the Screen Space GI quality on this is nothing to sneeze at, either. Framerates are in the hundreds for almost all games I play too, and I've yet to overclock the GPU on my PC, so I'd consider this a huge hit!


Good

20 months ago.

Got it on my first PC. Its good. It can run any game on max graphics for me.


Excellent

12 months ago.

super good value for performance


Excellent

10 months ago.

Realy nice GPU.


Excellent

4 months ago.

Good for at least few or several years


Average

3 years ago.

You're probably better off getting the 3060 Ti for a small price hike yet a big performance jump


Excellent

3 years ago.

Great overclocking, very close to RTX 3060ti when overclocked!


Average

3 years ago.

My gpu is 70 degrees standard i think it's not normal


Good

3 years ago.

Can handle most games at max settings at 1080p. Not as good value as a 3060 ti or 3070, but is your best bet to find a gpu at the moment.


Excellent

3 years ago.

Becuz i use it


Poor

3 years ago.

Multiple failures of new GPU , not over-clocked. Sending back to company.


Excellent

2 years ago.

really good for the price


Excellent

2 years ago.

Great Graphic card.


Excellent

22 months ago.

Amazing GPU honestly.


Excellent

21 months ago.

i have it i love it very much


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