GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs RTX 3060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB with 38 pipelines and 4864 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.
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
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- Performs better (up to 33%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 28% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 77 vs 60 FPS
- 28% higher maximum theoretical performance (16.2 vs 12.7 TFLOPS)
- Features 40 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 26% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (115K vs 91K)
- Has 24% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 360 GB/s
- Has 36% more shading units (4864 vs 3584)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 132 88 75 54 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 152 128 92 47 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 226 169 121 64 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 114 103 83 47 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 86 73 55 29 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 107 99 72 47 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 82 69 48 28 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 92 81 48 22 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 139 132 95 53 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 126 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 105 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 77 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 43 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 11707 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 54429 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 6971 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 29571 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 24417 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 109862 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 185.1 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 108.4 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.35 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 7.17 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 5.54 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.15 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 478 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15183 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 989 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 164 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 78 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9865 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
No benchmark results yet
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) | 7384 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 19320 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16108 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 34615 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 74811 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2638 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4136 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 8718 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 25946 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 153275 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 2, 2020 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $329 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GA104 | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6700 XT | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (49th and 58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1410 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1665 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4864 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 152 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 38 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 152 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 38 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 133 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 253 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 200 W | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 17 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 43.37 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 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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