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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

49 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
VS
33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
GeForce RTX 3060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High154100
1080p Ultra12980
1440p Ultra9858
4K Ultra5732
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy159578748
Solar Bay7441740964
Port Royal101465142
Fire Strike4238522308
Night Raid14118598831
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur243.1 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1200961
DirectX 11217 fps128 fps
DirectX 1286 fps69 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a555.5 fps
Car Chasen/a492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a407.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1940.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA106
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 4608 3584
TMUs 144 112
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 36 28
Ray Tracing Cores 36 28
Tensor Cores 144 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
6 (85.71%)
1 (14.29%)
Total Votes: 7

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