GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs RTX 3060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
GA106 (GN20-E3)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the RTX RTX 3060 12 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Shows 9% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 60 vs 55 FPS
- Includes 6 GB more video memory
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 108 64 55 37 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 120 95 68 35 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 173 125 89 44 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 88 78 64 34 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 62 51 36 18 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 76 69 49 30 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 58 45 33 21 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 63 56 35 16 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 101 94 66 32 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 94 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 75 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 55 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 30 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 8318 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 36291 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 4708 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 20181 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 16477 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 72311 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 153.5 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 90 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.1 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.77 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.35 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.01 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 385.9 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 12770 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 586 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 109 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 58 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 5621 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 95620 |
| 📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 95620 |
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 6257 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 16583 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 12510 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 29528 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 51349 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2685 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3939 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7206 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 24343 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 113151 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $329 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GA106 (GN20-E3) | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6600M | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 12500H or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#66th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 816-1387 MHz (configurable) | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1283-1703 MHz (configurable) | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 120 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 30 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 120 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 30 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 62-82 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 154-204 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 60-140 W (configurable) | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 300 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 13.25 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 44.17 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 12000-14000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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