Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU with the Intel Core i9-12900H 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 Laptop GPU is good or bad for gaming from benchmark results. As for the key parameter, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look further. The average FPS in games is 38 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 6Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is good for new most demanding games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Release date
January 14, 2021
Frequency
1283 MHz
Shaders
3840
TMUs
120
ROPs
48
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
115 W
Memory Size
6 Gb
Memory Bus
192 Bit
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the graphics card, you can already make some conclusions. This will let you to choose the needed power supply that will fully match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i9-12900H . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the graphics card is 115W, so a regular power supply is appropriate for it. Here is a list of some famous games in which the GPU 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 Mobile and Intel Core i9-12900H configuration:
Hogwarts Legacy
Apex Legends
Dota 2
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Atomic Heart
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite Battle Royale
Genshin Impact
Valorant
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hitman 3
League of Legends
Roblox
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
After reviewing the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile with rivals in some famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile.
The closest competitors of the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Video Card
FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
109.4
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
105.6
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
101.3
GeForce GTX 1070
100.2
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
97.7
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
93
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
93
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
92.4
GeForce RTX 3050
92
GeForce GTX 1660
87.2
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
83
GeForce GTX 980
80
Radeon RX 5500 XT
74.6
Radeon RX 580
74.6
GeForce GTX 1060
71.7
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile
68
Radeon RX 5500
67.3
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
67.2
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
62
GeForce GTX 1650
57.9
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
52
The closest rivals of the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile are GeForce GTX 1660 and GeForce GTX 980. We compared GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (83 FPS) and their ordinary FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce GTX 1660 87.2 FPS, which 5.1% faster and GeForce GTX 980 80 FPS, which is 3.6% slower. These numbers will further help you make the good decision.
How good is GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and Intel Core i9-12900H. The numbers beside to the names of the games represent the medium FPS gained 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 Mobile in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
32.0
41.5
54.3
67.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
30.8
40.0
52.3
64.6
Hogwarts Legacy
2023
13.0
16.9
22.1
27.3
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
37.9
49.2
64.4
79.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
23.1
30.0
39.2
48.5
Homeworld 3
2022
29.0
37.7
49.3
60.9
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
24.9
32.3
42.2
52.2
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
39.6
51.5
67.4
83.3
Saints Row
2022
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
Atomic Heart
2023
14.2
18.5
24.1
29.8
Overwatch 2
2022
56.8
73.8
96.6
119.3
Scorn
2022
23.1
30.0
39.2
48.5
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.0
Elden ring
2022
22.5
29.2
38.2
47.2
Stray
2022
63.3
82.3
107.6
133.0
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
25.4
33.1
43.3
53.4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
21.9
28.5
37.2
46.0
Starfield
2022
20.7
26.9
35.2
43.5
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
58.0
75.4
98.6
121.8
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
42.8
55.6
72.7
89.8
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
17.7
23.0
30.1
37.2
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
58.0
75.4
98.6
121.8
Forza Horizon 5
2021
42.6
55.4
72.4
89.5
The Witcher 3
2015
52.4
68.2
89.1
110.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
43.7
56.8
74.2
91.7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
27.0
35.2
46.0
56.8
Dishonored 2
2016
44.7
58.2
76.0
93.9
F1 2021
2020
57.4
74.6
97.6
120.5
Crysis 3
2013
58.1
75.5
98.8
122.0
Total War: Warhammer
2016
58.4
75.9
99.3
122.6
Just Cause 4
2018
46.9
61.0
79.8
98.5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
50.4
65.5
85.6
105.7
World War Z
2019
58.5
76.1
99.5
122.9
Resident Evil Village
2021
40.2
52.3
68.4
84.5
Anthem
2019
40.2
52.2
68.3
84.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
46.6
60.5
79.2
97.8
DOOM Eternal
2020
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.6
Far Cry 6
2021
44.4
57.7
75.4
93.2
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
46.4
60.4
79.0
97.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
58.8
76.5
100.0
123.5
Godfall
2020
52.4
68.1
89.0
110.0
F1 22
2020
51.5
66.9
87.5
108.1
Gears of War 5
2019
47.3
61.5
80.4
99.3
Project CARS 3
2020
27.2
35.4
46.3
57.2
The Division
2016
52.3
68.0
88.9
109.8
Borderlands 3
2019
37.5
48.8
63.8
78.8
Monster Hunter: World
2018
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
Genshin Impact
2020
51.5
66.9
87.5
108.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
43.2
56.2
73.4
90.7
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
26.7
34.8
45.5
56.2
Halo Infinite
2021
33.7
43.8
57.3
70.8
Hitman 2
2018
58.0
75.4
98.6
121.8
Final Fantasy XV
2018
49.7
64.6
84.5
104.4
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
58.3
75.8
99.2
122.5
GreedFall
2019
53.4
69.5
90.8
112.2
Hitman 3
2021
40.2
52.3
68.4
84.5
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
27.8
36.2
47.3
58.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
29.6
38.5
50.3
62.1
Marvel's Avengers
2020
35.0
45.5
59.4
73.4
Death Stranding
2020
53.8
69.9
91.4
112.9
Metro Exodus
2019
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
47.7
62.0
81.1
100.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
52.7
68.5
89.5
110.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
57.4
74.6
97.6
120.5
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
46.6
60.5
79.2
97.8
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
38.6
50.2
65.6
81.0
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
GeForce RTX 3060 laptop GPU with Core i9-12900H mobile gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile from the following table are just for information, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Apex Legends
2019
62.3
81.0
105.9
130.8
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
58.8
76.5
100.0
123.5
Minecraft
2011
138.5
180.0
235.4
290.8
Fallout 76
2018
76.0
98.8
129.2
159.5
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
173.2
225.2
294.5
363.8
Battlefield V
2018
62.3
81.0
105.9
130.8
Rocket League
2015
252.6
328.4
429.5
530.6
For Honor
2017
86.6
112.6
147.3
181.9
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
65.0
84.5
110.4
136.4
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
74.3
96.6
126.3
156.1
Strange Brigade
2018
76.1
99.0
129.5
159.9
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
60.8
79.0
103.3
127.6
Roblox
2006
204.1
265.4
347.0
428.7
Resident Evil 2
2019
67.5
87.7
114.7
141.6
League of Legends
2009
324.8
422.3
552.2
682.2
Dawn of War III
2017
63.7
82.8
108.2
133.7
Hitman
2016
59.2
76.9
100.6
124.3
Battlefield 4
2013
82.3
107.0
139.9
172.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
72.2
93.9
122.8
151.7
Battlefield 1
2016
73.9
96.1
125.6
155.2
Dota 2
2013
84.6
110.0
143.8
177.7
Need For Speed
2015
70.1
91.1
119.1
147.1
Valorant
2020
118.8
154.4
201.9
249.4
Destiny 2
2017
81.8
106.4
139.1
171.8
DiRT Rally
2015
93.3
121.3
158.6
195.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
75.7
98.5
128.8
159.0
Doom
2016
93.0
120.9
158.1
195.3
Project CARS 2
2017
61.4
79.8
104.3
128.9
F1 2019
2019
60.9
79.2
103.6
128.0
Titanfall 2
2016
63.9
83.1
108.6
134.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
122.7
159.5
208.6
257.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
69.9
90.8
118.8
146.7
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, but you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work in pairs. In such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the graphics card.
