NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 with Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with the Intel Core i5-12600K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is good or bad for gaming from results of all tests. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the key parameter. The average FPS in games is 54.8 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 8Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce RTX 3060 is good even for new most exacting games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Release date
February 25, 2021
Price
329 USD
Frequency
1320 MHz
Shaders
3584
TMUs
112
ROPs
64
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
170 W
Memory Size
8 Gb
Memory Bus
192 Bit
GeForce RTX 3060 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already draw some conclusions. This will allow you to choose the needed power supply that will fully match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-12600K . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A highly powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce RTX 3060, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 170W. Here is a list of several famous games in which the GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3060 and Intel Core i5-12600K configuration:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hogwarts Legacy
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
Minecraft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
Valorant
Genshin Impact
Fortnite Battle Royale
Hitman 3
League of Legends
Roblox
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce RTX 3060 with rivals in several famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3060.
The closest GeForce RTX 3060 competitors
Video Card
FPS
Radeon RX 6700 XT
161.6
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
155
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
148.5
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
147.7
GeForce RTX 2080
139.3
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
135
Radeon RX 6600 XT
134.4
Radeon RX 6600
130
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
125
Radeon RX 5700 XT
124.6
GeForce RTX 3060
123.1
Radeon Pro 5700 XT
122.8
GeForce RTX 2070
122.6
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
122.6
GeForce RTX 4050
122.2
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
119
GeForce GTX 1080
117.3
GeForce RTX 2060
117
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
116.4
Radeon RX 5700
114.4
GeForce RTX 2060
109.4
The closest opponents of the GeForce RTX 3060 are Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon Pro 5700 XT. We compared GeForce RTX 3060 (123.1 FPS) and their average FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is Radeon RX 5700 XT 124.6 FPS, which 1.2% faster and Radeon Pro 5700 XT 122.8 FPS, which is 0.2% slower. These numbers will also help you make the right choice.
How good is GeForce RTX 3060 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3060 and Intel Core i5-12600K. The numbers beside to the names of the games represent the average FPS gained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the GeForce RTX 3060 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
47.3
61.5
80.5
99.4
Scorn
2022
34.2
44.4
58.1
71.8
Starfield
2022
30.7
39.9
52.2
64.4
Stray
2022
93.8
121.9
159.4
197.0
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
32.4
42.2
55.1
68.1
Homeworld 3
2022
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.2
Saints Row
2022
62.2
80.9
105.8
130.7
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
37.7
49.0
64.1
79.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
45.6
59.3
77.5
95.7
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.8
Elden ring
2022
33.3
43.3
56.6
69.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
58.7
76.3
99.8
123.3
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
54.3
70.6
92.4
114.1
Overwatch 2
2022
84.1
109.4
143.0
176.7
Atomic Heart
2023
21.0
27.3
35.8
44.2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
34.2
44.4
58.1
71.8
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
56.1
72.9
95.4
117.8
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
36.8
47.9
62.6
77.3
To understand how the GeForce RTX 3060 behaves in demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Borderlands 3
2019
55.6
72.2
94.5
116.7
Death Stranding
2020
79.7
103.6
135.4
167.3
Godfall
2020
77.6
100.8
131.9
162.9
Just Cause 4
2018
69.5
90.4
118.2
146.0
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
57.1
74.3
97.2
120.0
GreedFall
2019
79.1
102.9
134.6
166.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
63.4
82.4
107.7
133.1
Final Fantasy XV
2018
73.6
95.7
125.2
154.6
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
85.9
111.7
146.0
180.4
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
40.1
52.1
68.1
84.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
74.9
97.3
127.3
157.2
Resident Evil Village
2021
59.6
77.5
101.3
125.2
Halo Infinite
2021
50.0
64.9
84.9
104.9
Anthem
2019
59.5
77.4
101.2
125.0
Dishonored 2
2016
66.3
86.1
112.7
139.2
Crysis 3
2013
86.1
111.9
146.3
180.8
Total War: Warhammer
2016
86.5
112.5
147.1
181.7
Gears of War 5
2019
70.0
91.0
119.1
147.1
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
41.2
53.6
70.0
86.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
39.6
51.5
67.4
83.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
87.1
113.3
148.1
183.0
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
74.6
97.0
126.8
156.6
World War Z
2019
86.7
112.7
147.4
182.0
The Division
2016
77.5
100.7
131.7
162.7
F1 22
2020
76.3
99.1
129.6
160.1
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
68.8
89.4
117.0
144.5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
69.0
89.7
117.3
144.9
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
64.7
84.1
110.0
135.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
51.8
67.3
88.1
108.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
85.9
111.7
146.0
180.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
43.8
57.0
74.5
92.0
Hitman 3
2021
59.6
77.5
101.3
125.2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
55.2
71.8
93.9
116.0
Far Cry 6
2021
65.7
85.5
111.8
138.1
Project CARS 3
2020
40.3
52.4
68.5
84.7
Devil May Cry 5
2019
78.0
101.4
132.6
163.8
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
85.0
110.5
144.5
178.5
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
55.2
71.8
93.9
116.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
69.0
89.7
117.3
144.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
86.4
112.4
146.9
181.5
DOOM Eternal
2020
81.5
106.0
138.6
171.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
26.2
34.1
44.6
55.0
Genshin Impact
2020
76.3
99.1
129.6
160.1
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
70.6
91.8
120.1
148.4
Forza Horizon 5
2021
63.1
82.0
107.3
132.5
F1 2021
2020
85.0
110.5
144.5
178.5
Metro Exodus
2019
48.1
62.6
81.8
101.1
Hitman 2
2018
85.9
111.7
146.0
180.4
The Witcher 3
2015
77.7
101.0
132.0
163.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
64.0
83.2
108.8
134.4
GeForce RTX 3060 8Gb with Core i5-12600K gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3060 from the following table are just for reference, since old games are more represented in it and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
87.1
113.3
148.1
183.0
Dota 2
2013
125.3
162.9
213.1
263.2
Rocket League
2015
374.3
486.6
636.3
786.0
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
107.0
139.1
181.9
224.7
Battlefield 4
2013
121.9
158.5
207.3
256.0
Titanfall 2
2016
94.7
123.1
160.9
198.8
Apex Legends
2019
92.3
120.0
156.9
193.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
103.5
134.6
176.0
217.4
Fallout 76
2018
112.5
146.3
191.3
236.3
Project CARS 2
2017
90.9
118.2
154.5
190.9
Hitman
2016
87.7
113.9
149.0
184.1
Battlefield V
2018
92.3
120.0
156.9
193.8
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
181.8
236.3
309.0
381.8
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
96.2
125.1
163.6
202.1
Dawn of War III
2017
94.3
122.6
160.3
198.1
F1 2019
2019
90.3
117.4
153.5
189.6
Battlefield 1
2016
109.5
142.3
186.1
229.9
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
256.6
333.6
436.3
539.0
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
90.0
117.0
153.0
189.0
Valorant
2020
175.9
228.7
299.1
369.4
Minecraft
2011
205.1
266.6
348.7
430.7
Need For Speed
2015
103.8
134.9
176.4
217.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
112.2
145.9
190.7
235.6
Roblox
2006
302.4
393.1
514.1
635.0
Destiny 2
2017
121.2
157.6
206.1
254.6
Strange Brigade
2018
112.8
146.7
191.8
236.9
Resident Evil 2
2019
99.9
129.9
169.9
209.8
For Honor
2017
128.3
166.8
218.1
269.5
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
110.1
143.1
187.2
231.2
DiRT Rally
2015
138.2
179.7
235.0
290.3
League of Legends
2009
481.2
563.0
695.3
757.9
Doom
2016
137.8
179.1
234.2
289.4
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, but you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. For such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
