Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with the Intel Core i5-13500T processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all tests. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the main parameter. The average FPS in games is 54.8 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. So, taking into account 8Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce RTX 3060 is good even for today's 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 graphics card, you can already draw some decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the required power supply that can meet the needs of the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i5-13500T . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce RTX 3060, because it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 170W. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3060 and Intel Core i5-13500T configuration:
Atomic Heart
Genshin Impact
Roblox
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hitman 3
Fortnite Battle Royale
Valorant
Apex Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hogwarts Legacy
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
League of Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can simply compare the GeForce RTX 3060 with competitors in several popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3060.
The closest GeForce RTX 3060 opponents
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 competitors 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 ordinary FPS in popular 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 further help you make the true decision.
How good is GeForce RTX 3060 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3060 and Intel Core i5-13500T. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the medium FPS received with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the GeForce RTX 3060 testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
54.6
70.9
92.7
114.6
Homeworld 3
2022
43.1
56.1
73.3
90.5
Overwatch 2
2022
84.5
109.8
143.6
177.4
Starfield
2022
30.8
40.0
52.4
64.7
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
32.6
42.3
55.3
68.4
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
45.8
59.5
77.8
96.1
Atomic Heart
2023
21.1
27.5
35.9
44.3
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
59.0
76.6
100.2
123.8
Stray
2022
94.2
122.4
160.1
197.7
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
37.0
48.0
62.8
77.6
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.1
Saints Row
2022
62.5
81.2
106.2
131.2
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
51.0
66.3
86.8
107.2
Scorn
2022
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.1
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
37.8
49.2
64.3
79.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.3
Elden ring
2022
33.4
43.5
56.8
70.2
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
47.5
61.8
80.8
99.8
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Gears of War 5
2019
70.3
91.4
119.5
147.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
26.3
34.2
44.7
55.3
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
70.9
92.2
120.6
148.9
DOOM Eternal
2020
81.8
106.4
139.1
171.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
86.2
112.1
146.6
181.1
Far Cry 6
2021
66.0
85.8
112.2
138.6
Death Stranding
2020
80.0
104.0
136.0
168.0
The Witcher 3
2015
78.0
101.4
132.5
163.7
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
85.4
111.0
145.1
179.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
63.6
82.7
108.2
133.6
GreedFall
2019
79.5
103.3
135.1
166.9
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
55.4
72.1
94.2
116.4
Monster Hunter: World
2018
75.1
97.7
127.8
157.8
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
86.8
112.8
147.5
182.2
Marvel's Avengers
2020
52.0
67.6
88.4
109.2
Final Fantasy XV
2018
73.9
96.1
125.7
155.2
Metro Exodus
2019
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
Devil May Cry 5
2019
78.3
101.8
133.1
164.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
69.1
89.8
117.4
145.1
Hitman 2
2018
86.2
112.1
146.6
181.1
Resident Evil Village
2021
59.8
77.8
101.7
125.7
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
Total War: Warhammer
2016
86.9
112.9
147.6
182.4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
69.3
90.0
117.7
145.4
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
55.4
72.1
94.2
116.4
Just Cause 4
2018
69.8
90.7
118.6
146.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
87.5
113.7
148.7
183.7
Dishonored 2
2016
66.5
86.5
113.1
139.7
Godfall
2020
77.9
101.2
132.4
163.5
Anthem
2019
59.7
77.7
101.6
125.5
Halo Infinite
2021
50.2
65.2
85.3
105.3
F1 22
2020
76.6
99.5
130.1
160.8
Forza Horizon 5
2021
63.4
82.4
107.7
133.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
41.4
53.8
70.3
86.9
The Division
2016
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.4
Hitman 3
2021
59.8
77.8
101.7
125.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
86.2
112.1
146.6
181.1
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
74.9
97.3
127.3
157.3
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
64.2
83.5
109.2
134.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
40.2
52.3
68.4
84.4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
57.4
74.6
97.5
120.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
69.3
90.0
117.7
145.4
F1 2021
2020
85.4
111.0
145.1
179.2
Crysis 3
2013
86.4
112.3
146.9
181.5
Genshin Impact
2020
76.6
99.5
130.1
160.8
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
64.9
84.4
110.4
136.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
44.0
57.2
74.8
92.4
Borderlands 3
2019
55.8
72.5
94.8
117.2
Project CARS 3
2020
40.5
52.6
68.8
85.0
World War Z
2019
87.0
113.1
147.9
182.8
GeForce RTX 3060 8Gb with Core i5-13500T gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3060 from the following table are just for reference, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
112.6
146.4
191.5
236.5
League of Legends
2009
483.1
565.2
698.1
760.9
Battlefield 4
2013
122.4
159.1
208.1
257.0
Rocket League
2015
375.7
488.5
638.8
789.1
For Honor
2017
128.8
167.5
219.0
270.5
Minecraft
2011
205.9
267.7
350.0
432.4
Fallout 76
2018
113.0
146.9
192.1
237.3
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
96.6
125.6
164.3
202.9
Resident Evil 2
2019
100.3
130.4
170.5
210.7
DiRT Rally
2015
138.8
180.4
235.9
291.4
Strange Brigade
2018
113.2
147.2
192.5
237.8
Hitman
2016
88.0
114.4
149.6
184.8
Valorant
2020
176.6
229.6
300.2
370.9
Doom
2016
138.3
179.8
235.2
290.5
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
110.5
143.7
187.9
232.1
Project CARS 2
2017
91.3
118.6
155.1
191.6
Battlefield V
2018
92.7
120.5
157.5
194.6
F1 2019
2019
90.6
117.8
154.1
190.3
Apex Legends
2019
92.7
120.5
157.5
194.6
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
182.5
237.3
310.3
383.3
Dawn of War III
2017
94.7
123.1
161.0
198.8
Need For Speed
2015
104.2
135.4
177.1
218.8
Battlefield 1
2016
109.9
142.9
186.8
230.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
103.9
135.1
176.7
218.2
Dota 2
2013
125.8
163.6
213.9
264.2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
107.4
139.7
182.7
225.6
Roblox
2006
303.6
394.7
516.1
637.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
87.5
113.7
148.7
183.7
Destiny 2
2017
121.7
158.2
206.9
255.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
257.6
334.9
438.0
541.1
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
90.4
117.5
153.6
189.8
Titanfall 2
2016
95.0
123.5
161.6
199.6
Though you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. In such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Intel Core i5-13500T and the GeForce RTX 3060 separately.
