Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce 940M

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce 940M — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3060
  • + Release year (+6)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+10 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+346 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-20 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+10,130M)
  • + CUDA cores (+3456)
  • + TMUs (+96)
  • + ROPs (+40)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+10.04 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+67.73 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+163.86 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+12.1)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+15811)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+20067)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+82226)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+85369)
  • + Normalized score (+66.3)
B GeForce 940M
  • + Die size (mm²) (+128 mm²)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
Component B
GeForce 940M
Release year 2021 (+6) 2015
VRAM (GB) 12 GB (+10 GB) 2 GB
Memory type GDDR6 DDR3
Memory clock (MHz) — 900 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 360 GB/s (+346 GB/s) 14 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit (+128 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 80 W (+5 W) 75 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm (-20 nm) 28 nm
Transistors (M) 12,000M (+10,130M) 1,870M
Die size (mm²) 276 mm² 148 mm² (+128 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — 1020 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) — 1098 MHz
CUDA cores 3,840 (+3456) 384
TMUs 120 (+96) 24
ROPs 48 (+40) 8
RT cores 30 —
Tensor cores 120 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 10.94 TFLOPS (+10.04 TFLOPS) 0.90 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 85.30 GPixel/s (+67.73 GPixel/s) 17.57 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 199.00 GTexel/s (+163.86 GTexel/s) 35.14 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 18.5 (+12.1) 6.4
PassMark (overall) 16,944 (+15811) 1,133
3DMark Time Spy 8,222 —
3DMark Fire Strike 21,689 (+20067) 1,622
Geekbench OpenCL 88,251 (+82226) 6,025
Geekbench Vulkan 89,918 (+85369) 4,549
Normalized score 72.5 (+66.3) 6.2

Only in component A

DLSS ReBAR

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce 940M Delta
Anno 1800 80 FPS 7 FPS +1042.9% (A)
Battlefield 5 110 FPS 17 FPS +547.1% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 9 FPS +1788.9% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 103 FPS 5 FPS +1960% (A)
Dota 2 131 FPS 49 FPS +167.3% (A)
Far Cry 5 112 FPS 11 FPS +918.2% (A)
Fortnite 140 FPS 36 FPS +288.9% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 110 FPS 14 FPS +685.7% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 120 FPS 6 FPS +1900% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 120 FPS 14 FPS +757.1% (A)
Metro Exodus 81 FPS 2 FPS +3950% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124 FPS 3 FPS +4033.3% (A)
Rise of the Tomb Raider 133 FPS 10 FPS +1230% (A)
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 99 FPS 11 FPS +800% (A)
The Witcher 3 142 FPS 10 FPS +1320% (A)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 10 FPS +710% (A)
Valorant 190 FPS 40 FPS +375% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3060 wins 19 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).