Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is bad or good for gaming by looking at benchmark results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the key parameter. 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 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 GPU, you can already draw certain decision. This will allow you to choose the needed power supply that will fully match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce RTX 3060, since 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. Next is the table with a large number of practically all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 configuration:
Valorant
Hitman 3
Dota 2
Far Cry 6
Apex Legends
Minecraft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Genshin Impact
Roblox
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
Fortnite Battle Royale
League of Legends
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 some popular games and choose 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 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 figures will also help you make the true choice.
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 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600. The numbers near to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS achieved 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
Stray
2022
90.9
118.1
154.4
190.8
Homeworld 3
2022
41.6
54.1
70.7
87.4
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
52.6
68.4
89.5
110.5
Elden ring
2022
32.3
41.9
54.8
67.8
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
35.7
46.4
60.6
74.9
Starfield
2022
29.7
38.6
50.5
62.4
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
49.2
64.0
83.7
103.4
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
56.9
74.0
96.7
119.5
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
31.4
40.8
53.4
66.0
Atomic Heart
2023
20.4
26.5
34.6
42.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
36.5
47.5
62.1
76.7
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
45.8
59.6
77.9
96.3
Saints Row
2022
60.3
78.4
102.5
126.6
Scorn
2022
33.1
43.0
56.3
69.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
54.3
70.6
92.4
114.1
Overwatch 2
2022
81.5
106.0
138.6
171.2
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
44.2
57.4
75.1
92.7
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
33.1
43.0
56.3
69.5
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce RTX 3060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Final Fantasy XV
2018
71.3
92.7
121.2
149.8
Total War: Warhammer
2016
83.8
108.9
142.5
176.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
66.8
86.9
113.6
140.3
Forza Horizon 5
2021
61.1
79.5
103.9
128.4
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
62.7
81.5
106.5
131.6
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
62.0
80.6
105.4
130.2
Death Stranding
2020
77.2
100.3
131.2
162.1
Genshin Impact
2020
73.9
96.0
125.6
155.1
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
25.4
33.0
43.2
53.3
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
61.4
79.8
104.4
128.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
38.8
50.4
66.0
81.5
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
83.2
108.2
141.5
174.7
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
38.4
49.9
65.2
80.6
Anthem
2019
57.7
74.9
98.0
121.1
Crysis 3
2013
83.4
108.4
141.7
175.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
84.4
109.7
143.5
177.2
GreedFall
2019
76.7
99.7
130.3
161.0
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
83.2
108.2
141.5
174.7
Far Cry 6
2021
63.7
82.8
108.3
133.7
Gears of War 5
2019
67.8
88.2
115.3
142.5
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
55.4
72.0
94.1
116.3
Just Cause 4
2018
67.3
87.5
114.5
141.4
The Division
2016
75.1
97.6
127.6
157.6
F1 2021
2020
82.4
107.1
140.0
173.0
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
82.4
107.1
140.0
173.0
Borderlands 3
2019
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.0
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
68.4
89.0
116.3
143.7
Hitman 3
2021
57.7
75.1
98.2
121.2
Metro Exodus
2019
46.6
60.6
79.2
97.9
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
Godfall
2020
75.1
97.7
127.7
157.8
Hitman 2
2018
83.2
108.2
141.5
174.7
The Witcher 3
2015
75.2
97.8
127.9
158.0
Project CARS 3
2020
39.1
50.8
66.4
82.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
66.8
86.9
113.6
140.3
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
39.9
51.9
67.8
83.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
50.2
65.2
85.3
105.4
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
66.7
86.6
113.3
140.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
79.0
102.7
134.2
165.8
Resident Evil Village
2021
57.7
75.1
98.2
121.2
World War Z
2019
84.0
109.2
142.8
176.3
Devil May Cry 5
2019
75.6
98.2
128.5
158.7
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
42.5
55.2
72.2
89.2
F1 22
2020
73.9
96.0
125.6
155.1
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
Halo Infinite
2021
48.4
62.9
82.3
101.6
Dishonored 2
2016
64.2
83.4
109.1
134.8
Monster Hunter: World
2018
72.5
94.3
123.3
152.3
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
83.7
108.8
142.3
175.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
72.3
93.9
122.8
151.7
GeForce RTX 3060 8Gb with Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3060 from the following table are just for reference, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Rocket League
2015
362.6
471.3
616.3
761.4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
248.6
323.2
422.6
522.1
Apex Legends
2019
89.4
116.2
152.0
187.8
Hitman
2016
84.9
110.4
144.3
178.3
Battlefield 4
2013
118.1
153.5
200.8
248.0
Dota 2
2013
121.4
157.8
206.4
255.0
Valorant
2020
170.4
221.5
289.7
357.9
League of Legends
2009
466.1
545.4
673.6
734.2
Need For Speed
2015
100.5
130.7
170.9
211.1
For Honor
2017
124.3
161.6
211.3
261.0
DiRT Rally
2015
133.9
174.1
227.6
281.2
Roblox
2006
292.9
380.8
498.0
615.1
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
106.6
138.6
181.3
223.9
Battlefield V
2018
89.4
116.2
152.0
187.8
Battlefield 1
2016
106.0
137.9
180.3
222.7
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
176.1
228.9
299.4
369.8
F1 2019
2019
87.5
113.7
148.7
183.7
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
87.2
113.4
148.2
183.1
Doom
2016
133.5
173.5
226.9
280.3
Dawn of War III
2017
91.4
118.8
155.3
191.9
Resident Evil 2
2019
96.8
125.8
164.5
203.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
84.4
109.7
143.5
177.2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
108.7
141.3
184.8
228.2
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
93.2
121.2
158.5
195.8
Strange Brigade
2018
109.3
142.1
185.8
229.5
Project CARS 2
2017
88.0
114.5
149.7
184.9
Titanfall 2
2016
91.7
119.2
155.9
192.6
Destiny 2
2017
117.4
152.7
199.6
246.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
100.3
130.4
170.5
210.6
Minecraft
2011
198.7
258.3
337.8
417.2
Fallout 76
2018
109.0
141.7
185.3
228.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
103.7
134.8
176.2
217.7
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 able to work with each other. In such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 and the GeForce RTX 3060 separately.
