Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with the Intel Core i7-13700K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is good or bad for gaming from results of all benchmarks. As for the key characteristic, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look beyond. 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. This will allow you to choose the required power supply that can meet the needs of the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i7-13700K . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce RTX 3060, because it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 170W. Here is a list of some famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of practically all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3060 and Intel Core i7-13700K configuration:
Minecraft
League of Legends
Hitman 3
Fortnite Battle Royale
Apex Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Roblox
Genshin Impact
Hogwarts Legacy
Far Cry 6
Valorant
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Dota 2
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce RTX 3060 is better or worse than rivals in several popular 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 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 figures will further help you make the true decision.
How good is GeForce RTX 3060 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3060 and Intel Core i7-13700K. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the average FPS achieved 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
Elden ring
2022
34.0
44.2
57.7
71.3
Stray
2022
95.6
124.3
162.6
200.8
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
37.5
48.8
63.8
78.8
Atomic Heart
2023
21.4
27.9
36.5
45.0
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
38.4
50.0
65.3
80.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
59.9
77.8
101.8
125.7
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
57.2
74.4
97.2
120.1
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
33.1
43.0
56.2
69.4
Overwatch 2
2022
85.8
111.5
145.9
180.2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
34.9
45.3
59.3
73.2
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
51.8
67.4
88.1
108.9
Starfield
2022
31.3
40.7
53.2
65.7
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
55.4
72.0
94.2
116.4
Saints Row
2022
63.5
82.5
107.9
133.3
Homeworld 3
2022
43.8
56.9
74.4
92.0
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
48.3
62.7
82.0
101.3
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
46.5
60.4
79.0
97.6
Scorn
2022
34.9
45.3
59.3
73.2
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Hitman 2
2018
87.6
113.9
148.9
183.9
Genshin Impact
2020
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.3
Marvel's Avengers
2020
52.8
68.7
89.8
110.9
Godfall
2020
79.1
102.8
134.5
166.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
88.8
115.5
151.0
186.6
The Witcher 3
2015
79.2
102.9
134.6
166.3
World War Z
2019
88.4
114.9
150.3
185.6
Borderlands 3
2019
56.7
73.7
96.3
119.0
F1 2021
2020
86.7
112.7
147.4
182.1
Hitman 3
2021
60.8
79.0
103.3
127.6
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
58.3
75.8
99.1
122.4
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.2
Gears of War 5
2019
71.4
92.8
121.4
150.0
Metro Exodus
2019
49.1
63.8
83.4
103.0
Anthem
2019
60.7
78.9
103.2
127.4
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
65.2
84.8
110.9
137.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
56.3
73.2
95.7
118.2
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
40.4
52.5
68.7
84.8
Crysis 3
2013
87.8
114.1
149.2
184.3
Resident Evil Village
2021
60.8
79.0
103.3
127.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
26.7
34.7
45.4
56.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
79.5
103.4
135.2
167.0
Final Fantasy XV
2018
75.1
97.6
127.6
157.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
70.2
91.2
119.3
147.3
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
44.7
58.1
76.0
93.8
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
40.8
53.1
69.4
85.8
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
88.1
114.6
149.8
185.1
The Division
2016
79.0
102.7
134.3
165.9
Death Stranding
2020
81.2
105.6
138.1
170.6
Project CARS 3
2020
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
GreedFall
2019
80.7
104.9
137.2
169.5
Dishonored 2
2016
67.6
87.8
114.9
141.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
88.2
114.7
150.0
185.2
Forza Horizon 5
2021
64.3
83.7
109.4
135.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
70.3
91.4
119.6
147.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
87.6
113.9
148.9
183.9
Monster Hunter: World
2018
76.3
99.2
129.8
160.3
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
87.6
113.9
148.9
183.9
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
66.0
85.7
112.1
138.5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
70.3
91.4
119.6
147.7
F1 22
2020
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.3
Far Cry 6
2021
67.0
87.1
114.0
140.8
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
64.6
84.0
109.8
135.7
Just Cause 4
2018
70.9
92.1
120.5
148.8
DOOM Eternal
2020
83.1
108.1
141.3
174.5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
76.1
98.9
129.3
159.7
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
72.0
93.6
122.5
151.3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
86.7
112.7
147.4
182.1
Halo Infinite
2021
50.9
66.2
86.6
107.0
GeForce RTX 3060 8Gb with Core i7-13700K gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3060 from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Project CARS 2
2017
92.7
120.5
157.6
194.6
Titanfall 2
2016
96.5
125.5
164.1
202.7
Minecraft
2011
209.1
271.9
355.5
439.2
Apex Legends
2019
94.1
122.3
160.0
197.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
261.7
340.2
444.9
549.5
Rocket League
2015
381.6
496.1
648.8
801.4
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
114.4
148.7
194.5
240.2
Dota 2
2013
127.8
166.1
217.3
268.4
Battlefield 1
2016
111.6
145.1
189.8
234.4
For Honor
2017
130.8
170.1
222.4
274.8
Doom
2016
140.5
182.6
238.8
295.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
105.5
137.2
179.4
221.7
DiRT Rally
2015
140.9
183.2
239.6
296.0
League of Legends
2009
490.7
574.1
709.0
772.8
Battlefield 4
2013
124.3
161.6
211.3
261.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
98.1
127.6
166.8
206.1
Hitman
2016
89.4
116.2
151.9
187.7
Strange Brigade
2018
115.0
149.5
195.5
241.5
F1 2019
2019
92.1
119.7
156.5
193.3
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
185.4
241.0
315.1
389.3
Destiny 2
2017
123.6
160.7
210.1
259.6
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
112.3
145.9
190.8
235.7
Roblox
2006
308.3
400.8
524.2
647.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
101.9
132.5
173.2
214.0
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
109.1
141.9
185.5
229.2
Fallout 76
2018
114.8
149.2
195.1
241.0
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
91.8
119.3
156.0
192.8
Need For Speed
2015
105.8
137.6
179.9
222.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
88.8
115.5
151.0
186.6
Dawn of War III
2017
96.2
125.0
163.5
201.9
Battlefield V
2018
94.1
122.3
160.0
197.6
Valorant
2020
179.4
233.2
304.9
376.7
Although you can't argue with the numbers from this table, but you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work in pairs. For such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce RTX 3060 and the Intel Core i7-13700K separately.
