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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 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
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
vs
GeForce RTX 3060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High136100
1080p Ultra11480
1440p Ultra8558
4K Ultra4832
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy137018748
Solar Bay6321440964
Port Royal85955142
Fire Strike3761222308
Night Raid11162698831
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur209.1 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1152961
DirectX 11199 fps128 fps
DirectX 1277 fps69 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
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 GB206-250 GA106
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 3840 3584
TMUs 120 112
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 28
Ray Tracing Cores 30 28
Tensor Cores 120 112
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 120 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 120.99 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
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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
7 (77.78%)
2 (22.22%)
Total Votes: 9

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