The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is a fast desktop graphics card. It is based on the GA106 Ampere chip and offers 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a 192 Bit memory bus. It offers 3,584 cores and supports PCIe 4.0.
The performance is similar to the older GeForce RTX 2070 and therefore best suited for 1080p gaming of modern and demanding games in high settings (in 2021).
The GA106 chip offers 3,840 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 1,920 INT32 ALUs). With Turing all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia. The Ampere chips also include an improved 5th generation video encoder (NVENC for H.264 and H.265) and a 7th generation decoder (for various formats now including AV1).
The GA106 chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip). The TDP of the RTX 3060 is specified at 170 Watt and therefore slightly higher than the previous RTX 2060 (160 Watt).
GeForce RTX 3000 Series Codename Ampere GA106 Architecture Ampere Pipelines 3584 - unified TMUs 112 ROPs 48 Raytracing Cores 28 Tensor / AI Cores 112 Core Speed 1320 - 1777 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 15000 effective = 1875 MHz Memory Bus Width 192 Bit Memory Type GDDR6 Max. Amount of Memory 12 GB Shared Memory no Memory Bandwidth 360 GB/s API DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.6, OpenGL 4.6 Power Consumption 170 Watt Transistor Count 12 Billion Die Size 13250 mm² Man. Technology 8 nm PCIe 4.0 Displays HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a Features NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, Resizable BAR, NVIDIA Broadcast, NVIDIA Ansel, NVIDIA ShadowPlay®, NVIDIA G-SYNC®, VR-ready, Nvidia Omniverse Date of Announcement 12.01.2021 Link to Manufacturer Page www.nvidia.com
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
3DMark - 3DMark Speed Way Score
min: 2216 avg: 2221 median: 2220.5 (15%) max: 2225 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad
min: 1989 avg: 2038 median: 1995 (14%) max: 2131 Points
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Apple M6 12-Core GPU
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3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 40673
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Apple M6 12-Core GPU
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 15750 avg: 19730 median: 20911 (32%) max: 21586 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 18711 avg: 21264 median: 21689 (20%) max: 22327 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 326331 avg: 427886 median: 438544 (49%) max: 490039 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 7303 avg: 8886 median: 9026 (23%) max: 9782 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 7866 avg: 8558 median: 8578 (17%) max: 8897 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 478217 avg: 612349 median: 561364 (57%) max: 806680 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 289413 avg: 358304 median: 356550 (42%) max: 419899 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 31438 avg: 56666 median: 56566 (53%) max: 72456 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 96330 avg: 118306 median: 120756 (30%) max: 124830 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
min: 52521 avg: 62142 median: 65191 (62%) max: 68715 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
min: 96914 avg: 102366 median: 104641 (40%) max: 105543 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 18861 avg: 26026 median: 26986 (33%) max: 30325 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 24369 avg: 28359 median: 28939 (22%) max: 29959 Points
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 75053 avg: 83745 median: 81033 (23%) max: 100659 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 77510 avg: 85087 median: 83168 (45%) max: 98243 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 48871 avg: 65489 median: 62529 (68%) max: 84989 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + 3DMark 06
min: 47148 avg: 54815 median: 51633 (67%) max: 66584 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 105.1 avg: 106.9 median: 106.7 (32%) max: 108.3 fps
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CUDA *
min: 56 avg: 57 median: 57 (8%) max: 58 Seconds
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom OPTIX *
min: 31 avg: 32 median: 32 (12%) max: 33 Seconds
SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 47.8 avg: 65.3 median: 69.3 (17%) max: 75.9 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 7.39 avg: 9 median: 8.9 (1%) max: 10.4 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 72.6 avg: 108.4 median: 114.5 (20%) max: 119 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 24.9 avg: 44.6 median: 43 (11%) max: 71.2 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 66 avg: 167.5 median: 183 (50%) max: 204 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 8.21 avg: 9.9 median: 10.1 (9%) max: 10.7 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 45.4 avg: 52 median: 51.3 (21%) max: 57.9 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 63.1 avg: 75.1 median: 75.8 (12%) max: 84.5 fps
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 98 avg: 192 median: 207.5 (31%) max: 225 fps
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 73.2 avg: 96.5 median: 102 (27%) max: 110 fps
specvp13 snx-03 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 13.4 avg: 16.3 median: 16 (2%) max: 18.8 fps
specvp13 showcase-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 72.9 avg: 108.3 median: 114.5 (20%) max: 118 fps
specvp13 medical-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 44.9 avg: 52.8 median: 54.7 (9%) max: 55.7 fps
specvp13 maya-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 141 avg: 249 median: 264 (30%) max: 283 fps
specvp13 energy-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 13.1 avg: 14.3 median: 13.7 (4%) max: 18 fps
specvp13 creo-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 111 avg: 172.2 median: 181.5 (26%) max: 196 fps
specvp13 catia-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 92.9 avg: 105.6 median: 106.5 (12%) max: 115 fps
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 97.7 avg: 191.1 median: 204.5 (32%) max: 229 fps
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 snx-04 1080p + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 1080p
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 18.7
specvp2020 medical-03 1080p + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 1080p
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 26.2
specvp2020 maya-06 1080p + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 1080p
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 349
specvp2020 energy-03 1080p + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 1080p
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 17.9
specvp2020 creo-03 1080p + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 1080p
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 98.9
specvp2020 catia-06 1080p + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 1080p
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 50.9
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 105
specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
min: 79.7 avg: 86 median: 81.7 (20%) max: 105 fps
specvp2020 snx-04 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
min: 12.4 avg: 13.1 median: 12.9 (1%) max: 14.3 fps
specvp2020 medical-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
min: 8.39 avg: 11 median: 8.5 (5%) max: 22.2 fps
specvp2020 maya-06 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
min: 141 avg: 160 median: 162.5 (23%) max: 171 fps
specvp2020 energy-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
min: 13.1 avg: 22.4 median: 15.3 (3%) max: 38.2 fps
specvp2020 creo-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
min: 64 avg: 68.8 median: 68 (30%) max: 75.5 fps
specvp2020 catia-06 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
min: 17.5 avg: 26.9 median: 28.4 (19%) max: 29.6 fps
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
min: 64.8 avg: 66.7 median: 65.7 (22%) max: 72.5 fps
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6811 avg: 13079 median: 13079 (9%) max: 19347 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 bc7 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 1000
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 bc7 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 94.7
Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 GPU OpenCL
min: 90892 avg: 94285 median: 94284.5 (24%) max: 97677 points
Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 GPU Vulkan
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 6.4.0 Pro R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 89208
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 1647 avg: 2044 median: 1849.5 (7%) max: 2954 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 6513 avg: 7115 median: 6856 (12%) max: 7996 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 19540 avg: 20361 median: 20449.5 (17%) max: 20905 points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 252.8 avg: 324.5 median: 296.1 (40%) max: 453 Watt
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 Tooltip ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060: Ø290 (287-303)
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060: Ø453 (421-486)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 229.9 avg: 276.1 median: 283.5 (40%) max: 307.5 Watt
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 Tooltip Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060: Ø275 (270-306)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060: Ø292 (286-300)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Witcher 3 ultra external Monitor
min: 0.2059 avg: 0.3 median: 0.3 (27%) max: 0.332 fps per Watt
Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
Model CPU GPU RAM Value ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W GeForce RTX 3060 170 W 1777 / 1875 MHz 12 GB 32 GB 313
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 Tooltip ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060: Ø313 (310-324)
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.