Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 2060

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+1,200M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+169 mm²)
  • + CUDA cores (+1920)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.49 TFLOPS)
  • + Energy efficiency (+0.3)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+2081)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+5358)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+16839)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+24060)
  • + Normalized score (+6.2)
B GeForce RTX 2060
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
  • + Tensor cores (+120)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+12.24 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+30.60 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+1544)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
Release year 2021 (+2) 2019
VRAM (GB) 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 336 GB/s 336 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit 192 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 80 W 115 W (+35 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm (-4 nm) 12 nm
Transistors (M) 12,000M (+1,200M) 10,800M
Die size (mm²) 276 mm² (+169 mm²) 445 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 900 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) 1425 MHz
CUDA cores 3,840 (+1920) 1,920
TMUs 120 120
ROPs 48 48
RT cores 30 30
Tensor cores 120 240 (+120)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 10.94 TFLOPS (+4.49 TFLOPS) 6.45 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 68.40 GPixel/s 80.64 GPixel/s (+12.24 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 171.00 GTexel/s 201.60 GTexel/s (+30.60 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 18.5 (+0.3) 18.1
PassMark (overall) 12,550 14,094 (+1544)
3DMark Time Spy 8,222 (+2081) 6,141
3DMark Fire Strike 21,689 (+5358) 16,331
Geekbench OpenCL 88,251 (+16839) 71,412
Geekbench Vulkan 89,918 (+24060) 65,858
Normalized score 72.5 (+6.2) 66.4

Only in component A

ReBAR

Only in component B

ray_tracing

In both

CUDA DLSS

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile GeForce RTX 2060 Delta
Anno 1800 80 FPS 61 FPS +31.1% (A)
Apex Legends 135 FPS 105 FPS +28.6% (A)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 57 FPS 53 FPS +7.5% (A)
Battlefield 5 110 FPS 104 FPS +5.8% (A)
Borderlands 3 84 FPS 61 FPS +37.7% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 60 FPS 62 FPS 3.3% (B)
Civilization 6 149 FPS 92 FPS +62% (A)
Control 78 FPS 54 FPS +44.4% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 150 FPS +13.3% (A)
Crysis Remastered 61 FPS 53 FPS +15.1% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 103 FPS 60 FPS +71.7% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 58 FPS 45 FPS +28.9% (A)
Days Gone 95 FPS 87 FPS +9.2% (A)
Death Stranding 99 FPS 92 FPS +7.6% (A)
Dirt 5 77 FPS 59 FPS +30.5% (A)
Doom Eternal 149 FPS 112 FPS +33% (A)
Dota 2 131 FPS 118 FPS +11% (A)
F1 2020 138 FPS 126 FPS +9.5% (A)
F1 2021 119 FPS 126 FPS 5.9% (B)
FIFA 21 121 FPS 163 FPS 34.7% (B)
Far Cry 5 112 FPS 96 FPS +16.7% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 89 FPS 77 FPS +15.6% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 55 FPS 52 FPS +5.8% (A)
Flight Simulator 2020 63 FPS 42 FPS +50% (A)
Fortnite 140 FPS 162 FPS 15.7% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 110 FPS 108 FPS +1.9% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 120 FPS 100 FPS +20% (A)
GRID 2019 95 FPS 65 FPS +46.2% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
GTA V 120 FPS 95 FPS +26.3% (A)
Hitman 3 111 FPS 105 FPS +5.7% (A)
Horizon Zero Dawn 76 FPS 67 FPS +13.4% (A)
Hunt Showdown 93 FPS 75 FPS +24% (A)
Immortals Fenyx Rising 81 FPS 54 FPS +50% (A)
Mafia Definitive Edition 86 FPS 60 FPS +43.3% (A)
Metro Exodus 81 FPS 56 FPS +44.6% (A)
Need for Speed Heat 102 FPS 63 FPS +61.9% (A)
Outriders 86 FPS 90 FPS 4.7% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Rage 2 116 FPS 73 FPS +58.9% (A)
Red Dead Redemption 2 63 FPS 51 FPS +23.5% (A)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124 FPS 65 FPS +90.8% (A)
Resident Evil Village 129 FPS 95 FPS +35.8% (A)
Rise of the Tomb Raider 133 FPS 107 FPS +24.3% (A)
Serious Sam 4 75 FPS 58 FPS +29.3% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 116 FPS 122 FPS 5.2% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 99 FPS 66 FPS +50% (A)
Star Wars Squadrons 178 FPS 173 FPS +2.9% (A)
The Division 2 115 FPS 74 FPS +55.4% (A)
The Witcher 3 142 FPS 111 FPS +27.9% (A)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 74 FPS +9.5% (A)
Valorant 190 FPS 223 FPS 17.4% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 66 FPS 6.5% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 56 FPS +10.7% (A)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 105 FPS 72 FPS +45.8% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile wins 12 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).