NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 with Intel Core i9-11900K benchmark
Benchmark 27-02-2023 Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with the Intel Core i9-11900K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is good or bad for gaming by looking at benchmark results. As for the primary characteristic, how good is the GPU for games, let's look beyond. The medium FPS in games is 54.8 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 8Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce RTX 3060 is good even for today's most demanding 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 certain conclusions. This will let you to choose the necessary power supply that can meet the needs of the graphics card. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i9-11900K . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A highly 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 several popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3060 and Intel Core i9-11900K configuration:
Valorant
Apex Legends
Minecraft
Fortnite Battle Royale
Dota 2
League of Legends
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Roblox
Genshin Impact
Hitman 3
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can simply understand how the GeForce RTX 3060 is better or worse than competitors 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 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 medium 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 good 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 i9-11900K. The numbers near to the names of the games represent the medium 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
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
55.9
72.6
95.0
117.3
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
58.5
76.0
99.4
122.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
47.1
61.3
80.1
99.0
Overwatch 2
2022
83.8
108.9
142.4
175.9
Saints Row
2022
62.0
80.6
105.3
130.1
Scorn
2022
34.0
44.2
57.9
71.5
Homeworld 3
2022
42.8
55.6
72.7
89.8
Elden ring
2022
33.2
43.1
56.4
69.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
Starfield
2022
30.5
39.7
51.9
64.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
34.0
44.2
57.9
71.5
Stray
2022
93.4
121.4
158.8
196.1
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
50.6
65.8
86.1
106.3
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
45.4
59.0
77.2
95.3
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
37.5
48.8
63.8
78.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
32.3
42.0
54.9
67.8
Atomic Heart
2023
20.9
27.2
35.6
44.0
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
36.7
47.7
62.3
77.0
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
Metro Exodus
2019
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.6
Hitman 3
2021
59.3
77.2
100.9
124.6
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
43.6
56.7
74.2
91.6
Godfall
2020
77.2
100.4
131.3
162.2
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
85.5
111.2
145.4
179.6
Crysis 3
2013
85.7
111.4
145.7
180.0
Final Fantasy XV
2018
73.3
95.3
124.6
154.0
GreedFall
2019
78.8
102.5
134.0
165.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.3
Far Cry 6
2021
65.5
85.1
111.3
137.5
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
70.3
91.4
119.6
147.7
Total War: Warhammer
2016
86.1
112.0
146.4
180.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
86.8
112.8
147.5
182.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
74.3
96.6
126.3
156.0
Just Cause 4
2018
69.2
90.0
117.7
145.3
Halo Infinite
2021
49.7
64.7
84.6
104.5
Monster Hunter: World
2018
74.5
96.9
126.7
156.5
DOOM Eternal
2020
81.2
105.5
138.0
170.4
Hitman 2
2018
85.5
111.2
145.4
179.6
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
86.1
111.9
146.3
180.7
Anthem
2019
59.3
77.0
100.7
124.4
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
64.4
83.7
109.5
135.3
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
41.0
53.3
69.7
86.1
Death Stranding
2020
79.3
103.1
134.9
166.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
26.1
33.9
44.4
54.8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
68.7
89.3
116.8
144.2
Borderlands 3
2019
55.3
71.9
94.1
116.2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
84.7
110.1
143.9
177.8
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
56.9
74.0
96.7
119.5
The Division
2016
77.2
100.3
131.2
162.0
F1 22
2020
75.9
98.7
129.1
159.5
Resident Evil Village
2021
59.3
77.2
100.9
124.6
Gears of War 5
2019
69.7
90.7
118.5
146.4
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
68.5
89.1
116.5
143.9
Genshin Impact
2020
75.9
98.7
129.1
159.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
77.7
101.0
132.0
163.1
Forza Horizon 5
2021
62.8
81.7
106.8
132.0
Dishonored 2
2016
66.0
85.8
112.2
138.6
The Witcher 3
2015
77.3
100.5
131.5
162.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
68.7
89.3
116.8
144.2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
39.9
51.9
67.8
83.8
World War Z
2019
86.3
112.2
146.7
181.3
Project CARS 3
2020
40.1
52.2
68.2
84.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
39.4
51.3
67.1
82.8
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
63.7
82.8
108.3
133.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
85.5
111.2
145.4
179.6
F1 2021
2020
84.7
110.1
143.9
177.8
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
63.1
82.0
107.3
132.5
GeForce RTX 3060 8Gb with Core i9-11900K 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
Valorant
2020
175.2
227.7
297.8
367.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
103.1
134.0
175.2
216.5
DiRT Rally
2015
137.6
178.9
234.0
289.0
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
109.6
142.5
186.3
230.2
Project CARS 2
2017
90.5
117.7
153.9
190.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
95.8
124.6
162.9
201.2
Destiny 2
2017
120.7
156.9
205.2
253.5
Fallout 76
2018
112.1
145.7
190.5
235.3
Hitman
2016
87.3
113.5
148.4
183.3
F1 2019
2019
89.9
116.9
152.8
188.8
Doom
2016
137.2
178.4
233.2
288.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
181.0
235.3
307.7
380.1
Strange Brigade
2018
112.3
146.0
190.9
235.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
111.7
145.2
189.9
234.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
106.6
138.5
181.2
223.8
Rocket League
2015
372.7
484.5
633.5
782.6
Resident Evil 2
2019
99.5
129.3
169.1
208.9
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
89.6
116.5
152.4
188.2
Minecraft
2011
204.2
265.5
347.2
428.9
Battlefield 4
2013
121.4
157.8
206.4
254.9
For Honor
2017
127.8
166.1
217.2
268.3
Battlefield 1
2016
109.0
141.7
185.3
228.9
Battlefield V
2018
91.9
119.5
156.2
193.0
Apex Legends
2019
91.9
119.5
156.2
193.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
86.8
112.8
147.5
182.2
League of Legends
2009
479.1
560.6
692.4
754.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
255.5
332.2
434.4
536.6
Dota 2
2013
124.8
162.2
212.2
262.1
Roblox
2006
301.1
391.4
511.9
632.3
Titanfall 2
2016
94.3
122.5
160.2
197.9
Need For Speed
2015
103.3
134.3
175.7
217.0
Dawn of War III
2017
93.9
122.1
159.6
197.2
Although you can't argue with the numbers from this table, but you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. In such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
