GeForce RTX 5060 vs RTX 3060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
GB206-250
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the 4 years and 4 months older 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 5060
- Performs significantly better (up to 55%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 42% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 85 vs 60 FPS
- 51% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.2 vs 12.7 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Achieves 40% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (127K vs 91K)
- Has 24% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 360 GB/s
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 | 142 94 84 58 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 166 137 100 53 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 238 188 131 74 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 125 116 93 53 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 94 79 59 30 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 117 108 80 51 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 85 71 55 30 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 99 89 56 27 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 156 141 106 57 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 136 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 114 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 85 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 48 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13751 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 64641 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 8694 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 37594 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 26198 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 133318 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 209.1 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 134.3 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.67 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.13 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.39 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.36 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 607.8 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 18827.5 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1145 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 200 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 10396 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-20 -> bang | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 143443 |
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) | 8362 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 22831 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 22375 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 41955 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 84685 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3296 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5083 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 11023 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 38817 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 155103 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $329 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GB206-250 | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 9060 XT | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (42nd and 58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2280 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 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 | 32MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 120 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 300 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 145 W | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 89°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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