Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
161
104
94
72
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High155100
1080p Ultra13080
1440p Ultra9858
4K Ultra5832
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy158838748
Solar Bay7567940964
Port Royal101875142
Fire Strike4267022308
Night Raid14778598831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blurn/a149.6 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a91 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a12226.3 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1200961
DirectX 11217 fps128 fps
DirectX 1286 fps69 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
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 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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 (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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