Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 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 bad or good for gaming by looking at benchmark results. As for the key characteristic, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look beyond. The ordinary FPS in games is 54.8 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. So, taking into account 8Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce RTX 3060 is good 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 graphics card, you can already make certain decision. This will allow you to choose the required power supply that will fully match the GPU. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A very powerful power supply is required for the GeForce RTX 3060, because it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 170W. Here is a list of several popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X configuration:
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
League of Legends
Far Cry 6
Genshin Impact
Valorant
Atomic Heart
Hitman 3
Dota 2
Apex Legends
Fortnite Battle Royale
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hogwarts Legacy
Minecraft
Roblox
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
After reviewing 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 opponents 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 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 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 good decision.
How good is GeForce RTX 3060 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS received 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
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
54.4
70.8
92.5
114.3
Overwatch 2
2022
84.3
109.6
143.3
177.0
Stray
2022
93.9
122.1
159.7
197.3
Atomic Heart
2023
21.1
27.4
35.8
44.2
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
58.8
76.5
100.0
123.5
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
36.9
47.9
62.7
77.4
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
56.2
73.0
95.5
118.0
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
50.9
66.2
86.6
106.9
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
37.7
49.1
64.2
79.3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
34.2
44.5
58.2
71.9
Scorn
2022
34.2
44.5
58.2
71.9
Homeworld 3
2022
43.0
55.9
73.1
90.3
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
45.6
59.3
77.6
95.9
Elden ring
2022
33.4
43.4
56.7
70.1
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Starfield
2022
30.7
39.9
52.2
64.5
Saints Row
2022
62.3
81.0
106.0
130.9
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
47.4
61.6
80.6
99.5
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce RTX 3060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Marvel's Avengers
2020
51.9
67.4
88.2
108.9
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
41.3
53.6
70.1
86.6
Metro Exodus
2019
48.2
62.7
81.9
101.2
Gears of War 5
2019
70.1
91.2
119.2
147.3
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
86.6
112.5
147.1
181.8
F1 2021
2020
85.2
110.7
144.8
178.8
Devil May Cry 5
2019
78.1
101.6
132.8
164.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
75.0
97.5
127.4
157.4
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
74.7
97.1
127.0
156.9
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
55.3
71.9
94.0
116.1
The Witcher 3
2015
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.3
Crysis 3
2013
86.2
112.1
146.5
181.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
69.1
89.8
117.4
145.1
Godfall
2020
77.7
101.0
132.1
163.1
Hitman 3
2021
59.7
77.6
101.5
125.4
Project CARS 3
2020
40.4
52.5
68.6
84.8
Hitman 2
2018
86.0
111.8
146.2
180.7
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
57.2
74.4
97.3
120.2
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
55.3
71.9
94.0
116.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
64.1
83.3
108.9
134.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
85.2
110.7
144.8
178.8
Halo Infinite
2021
50.0
65.0
85.1
105.1
GreedFall
2019
79.3
103.0
134.8
166.5
Just Cause 4
2018
69.6
90.5
118.3
146.2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
69.1
89.8
117.4
145.1
Far Cry 6
2021
65.8
85.6
111.9
138.3
The Division
2016
77.6
100.9
131.9
163.0
Total War: Warhammer
2016
86.6
112.6
147.3
182.0
Resident Evil Village
2021
59.7
77.6
101.5
125.4
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
26.2
34.1
44.6
55.1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
86.0
111.8
146.2
180.7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
40.1
52.2
68.2
84.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
43.9
57.1
74.6
92.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
87.3
113.4
148.3
183.2
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
86.0
111.8
146.2
180.7
Borderlands 3
2019
55.7
72.4
94.6
116.9
Final Fantasy XV
2018
73.7
95.9
125.4
154.9
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
64.8
84.2
110.1
136.0
Death Stranding
2020
79.8
103.7
135.7
167.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
39.7
51.6
67.5
83.3
Dishonored 2
2016
66.4
86.3
112.8
139.4
Anthem
2019
59.6
77.5
101.3
125.2
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
70.8
92.0
120.3
148.6
DOOM Eternal
2020
81.6
106.1
138.8
171.4
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
68.9
89.6
117.1
144.7
Genshin Impact
2020
76.4
99.3
129.8
160.4
Forza Horizon 5
2021
63.2
82.2
107.4
132.7
World War Z
2019
86.8
112.9
147.6
182.3
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
63.5
82.5
107.9
133.3
F1 22
2020
76.4
99.3
129.8
160.4
GeForce RTX 3060 8Gb with Ryzen 5 7600X 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 more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Doom
2016
138.0
179.4
234.6
289.8
DiRT Rally
2015
138.4
180.0
235.3
290.7
Need For Speed
2015
103.9
135.1
176.7
218.3
Rocket League
2015
374.8
487.3
637.2
787.2
For Honor
2017
128.5
167.1
218.5
269.9
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
90.2
117.2
153.3
189.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
100.1
130.1
170.1
210.2
Dawn of War III
2017
94.5
122.8
160.6
198.4
Battlefield 1
2016
109.6
142.5
186.4
230.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
182.1
236.7
309.5
382.3
Apex Legends
2019
92.4
120.2
157.1
194.1
Destiny 2
2017
121.4
157.8
206.4
255.0
Hitman
2016
87.8
114.1
149.2
184.3
League of Legends
2009
481.9
563.9
696.4
759.0
Valorant
2020
176.2
229.0
299.5
370.0
Dota 2
2013
125.5
163.2
213.4
263.6
Titanfall 2
2016
94.8
123.2
161.2
199.1
Fallout 76
2018
112.7
146.5
191.6
236.7
Battlefield V
2018
92.4
120.2
157.1
194.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
103.7
134.8
176.2
217.7
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
257.0
334.1
437.0
539.8
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
87.3
113.4
148.3
183.2
Strange Brigade
2018
113.0
146.9
192.1
237.3
F1 2019
2019
90.4
117.5
153.7
189.9
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
110.3
143.3
187.4
231.5
Minecraft
2011
205.4
267.0
349.2
431.4
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
107.2
139.3
182.2
225.1
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
112.4
146.1
191.0
236.0
Roblox
2006
302.9
393.7
514.9
636.0
Project CARS 2
2017
91.0
118.3
154.8
191.2
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
96.4
125.3
163.9
202.4
Battlefield 4
2013
122.1
158.7
207.6
256.4
Although you can't dispute with the figures from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able 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 AMD Ryzen 5 7600X separately.
