Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with the Intel Core i9-13900K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is good or bad for gaming from benchmark results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the main characteristic. The average FPS in games is 54.8 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 8Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce RTX 3060 is good for modern 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 make certain conclusions. With this data, you can already easily select the needed power supply that will fully match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i9-13900K . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A highly powerful power supply is required for the GeForce RTX 3060, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 170W. Here is a list of some common 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 i9-13900K configuration:
Valorant
Minecraft
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite Battle Royale
Genshin Impact
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
League of Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
Hitman 3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hogwarts Legacy
Roblox
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 rivals in several famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3060.
The closest competitors of the GeForce RTX 3060
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 rivals 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 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 also 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 i9-13900K. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS gained 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
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
47.1
61.2
80.1
98.9
Starfield
2022
31.7
41.2
53.9
66.6
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
58.0
75.4
98.6
121.7
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
56.2
73.0
95.5
117.9
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
38.0
49.5
64.7
79.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
35.3
45.9
60.1
74.2
Elden ring
2022
34.4
44.7
58.5
72.3
Atomic Heart
2023
21.7
28.3
37.0
45.7
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
48.9
63.6
83.2
102.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
60.7
78.9
103.2
127.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
52.5
68.3
89.3
110.3
Overwatch 2
2022
87.0
113.0
147.8
182.6
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
33.5
43.6
57.0
70.4
Stray
2022
96.9
126.0
164.8
203.5
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
39.0
50.6
66.2
81.8
Saints Row
2022
64.3
83.6
109.3
135.1
Homeworld 3
2022
44.4
57.7
75.5
93.2
Scorn
2022
35.3
45.9
60.1
74.2
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce RTX 3060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Forza Horizon 5
2021
65.2
84.8
110.9
137.0
F1 2021
2020
87.9
114.2
149.4
184.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
71.3
92.7
121.2
149.7
Death Stranding
2020
82.3
107.0
140.0
172.9
Far Cry 6
2021
67.9
88.3
115.5
142.7
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
89.3
116.1
151.8
187.6
Resident Evil Village
2021
61.6
80.1
104.7
129.4
F1 22
2020
78.8
102.4
134.0
165.5
The Division
2016
80.1
104.1
136.1
168.2
Final Fantasy XV
2018
76.1
98.9
129.4
159.8
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
42.6
55.3
72.4
89.4
Dishonored 2
2016
68.5
89.0
116.4
143.8
Borderlands 3
2019
57.4
74.7
97.6
120.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
40.9
53.2
69.6
86.0
Devil May Cry 5
2019
80.6
104.8
137.1
169.3
GreedFall
2019
81.8
106.3
139.1
171.8
Genshin Impact
2020
78.8
102.4
134.0
165.5
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
66.1
86.0
112.4
138.9
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
71.1
92.4
120.9
149.3
Godfall
2020
80.2
104.2
136.3
168.3
World War Z
2019
89.6
116.5
152.3
188.1
Crysis 3
2013
89.0
115.6
151.2
186.8
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
59.1
76.8
100.4
124.0
Metro Exodus
2019
49.7
64.6
84.5
104.4
Anthem
2019
61.5
80.0
104.6
129.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
84.2
109.5
143.2
176.9
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
57.1
74.2
97.0
119.8
Gears of War 5
2019
72.4
94.1
123.0
152.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
27.1
35.2
46.0
56.9
Project CARS 3
2020
41.7
54.2
70.8
87.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
90.0
117.1
153.1
189.1
Total War: Warhammer
2016
89.4
116.2
152.0
187.8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
71.3
92.7
121.2
149.7
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
57.1
74.2
97.0
119.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
88.8
115.4
150.9
186.4
The Witcher 3
2015
80.3
104.3
136.4
168.5
Just Cause 4
2018
71.8
93.4
122.1
150.8
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
41.4
53.8
70.4
86.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
77.1
100.2
131.0
161.9
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
73.0
94.9
124.1
153.3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
87.9
114.2
149.4
184.5
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
65.5
85.1
111.3
137.5
Hitman 2
2018
88.8
115.4
150.9
186.4
Hitman 3
2021
61.6
80.1
104.7
129.4
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
88.8
115.4
150.9
186.4
Halo Infinite
2021
51.6
67.1
87.8
108.4
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
66.9
86.9
113.6
140.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
45.3
58.9
77.0
95.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
77.4
100.6
131.5
162.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
53.5
69.6
91.0
112.4
GeForce RTX 3060 8Gb with Core i9-13900K gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3060 from the following table are just for information, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield V
2018
95.4
124.0
162.2
200.3
Strange Brigade
2018
116.6
151.6
198.2
244.8
League of Legends
2009
497.3
581.8
718.6
783.2
Battlefield 1
2016
113.1
147.1
192.3
237.6
Resident Evil 2
2019
103.3
134.2
175.6
216.9
Battlefield 4
2013
126.0
163.8
214.2
264.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
107.0
139.1
181.9
224.7
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
113.8
147.9
193.4
238.9
Fallout 76
2018
116.3
151.2
197.7
244.2
For Honor
2017
132.6
172.4
225.4
278.5
Need For Speed
2015
107.3
139.4
182.3
225.2
Minecraft
2011
212.0
275.6
360.3
445.1
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
115.9
150.7
197.1
243.5
Dota 2
2013
129.5
168.4
220.2
272.0
Doom
2016
142.4
185.1
242.1
299.0
Apex Legends
2019
95.4
124.0
162.2
200.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
90.0
117.1
153.1
189.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
187.9
244.2
319.4
394.5
Valorant
2020
181.8
236.3
309.1
381.8
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
265.2
344.8
450.9
557.0
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
99.5
129.3
169.1
208.9
Destiny 2
2017
125.3
162.9
213.0
263.1
DiRT Rally
2015
142.8
185.7
242.8
300.0
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
93.0
120.9
158.1
195.4
Dawn of War III
2017
97.5
126.7
165.7
204.7
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
110.6
143.8
188.0
232.3
Hitman
2016
90.6
117.8
154.0
190.2
Roblox
2006
312.5
406.3
531.3
656.3
Titanfall 2
2016
97.8
127.2
166.3
205.4
F1 2019
2019
93.3
121.3
158.6
195.9
Project CARS 2
2017
93.9
122.1
159.7
197.3
Rocket League
2015
386.8
452.5
657.5
812.3
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, however, you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. For such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce RTX 3060 and the Intel Core i9-13900K separately.
