Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1650
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1650 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060
- + Release year (+1)
- + VRAM (GB) (+8 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+232 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+30 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+7,300M)
- + CUDA cores (+2816)
- + TMUs (+56)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+8.64 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+32.02 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+105.76 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+9828)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+4734)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+12376)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+49098)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+53670)
- + Normalized score (+19.2)
B
GeForce GTX 1650
- + Die size (mm²) (+76 mm²)
- + Energy efficiency (+8.0)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
|
Component B
GeForce GTX 1650
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+1) | 2020 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+8 GB) | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 360 GB/s (+232 GB/s) | 128 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+64 bit) | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W (+30 W) | 50 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M (+7,300M) | 4,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² | 200 mm² (+76 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 (+2816) | 1,024 |
| TMUs | 120 (+56) | 64 |
| ROPs | 48 (+16) | 32 |
| RT cores | 30 | — |
| Tensor cores | 120 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS (+8.64 TFLOPS) | 2.30 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 85.30 GPixel/s (+32.02 GPixel/s) | 53.28 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 199.00 GTexel/s (+105.76 GTexel/s) | 93.24 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 | 26.4 (+8.0) |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,944 (+9828) | 7,116 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 (+4734) | 3,488 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 (+12376) | 9,313 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 (+49098) | 39,153 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 (+53670) | 36,248 |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+19.2) | 53.3 |
Only in component A
DLSS
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 | GeForce GTX 1650 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 44 FPS | 26 FPS | +69.2% (A) |
| Alan Wake Remastered | 82 FPS | 63 FPS | +30.2% (A) |
| Anno 1800 | 80 FPS | 34 FPS | +135.3% (A) |
| Apex Legends | 135 FPS | 67 FPS | +101.5% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 57 FPS | 21 FPS | +171.4% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 75 FPS | 30 FPS | +150% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 157 FPS | 82 FPS | +91.5% (A) |
| Battlefield 2042 | 74 FPS | 44 FPS | +68.2% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 110 FPS | 60 FPS | +83.3% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 84 FPS | 36 FPS | +133.3% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 60 FPS | 25 FPS | +140% (A) |
| Call of Duty Vanguard | 99 FPS | 34 FPS | +191.2% (A) |
| Civilization 6 | 149 FPS | 59 FPS | +152.5% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 123 FPS | 45 FPS | +173.3% (A) |
| Control | 78 FPS | 32 FPS | +143.8% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 131 FPS | +29.8% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 61 FPS | 31 FPS | +96.8% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103 FPS | 52 FPS | +98.1% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 58 FPS | 21 FPS | +176.2% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 42 FPS | 32 FPS | +31.3% (A) |
| Days Gone | 95 FPS | 56 FPS | +69.6% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 59 FPS | 22 FPS | +168.2% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 99 FPS | 57 FPS | +73.7% (A) |
| Deathloop | 72 FPS | 37 FPS | +94.6% (A) |
| Dirt 5 | 77 FPS | 35 FPS | +120% (A) |
| Doom Eternal | 149 FPS | 63 FPS | +136.5% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 131 FPS | 96 FPS | +36.5% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 64 FPS | 24 FPS | +166.7% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 59 FPS | 51 FPS | +15.7% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 73 FPS | 37 FPS | +97.3% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 138 FPS | 69 FPS | +100% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 119 FPS | 77 FPS | +54.5% (A) |
| F1 22 | 113 FPS | 74 FPS | +52.7% (A) |
| FIFA 21 | 121 FPS | 120 FPS | +0.8% (A) |
| FIFA 22 | 161 FPS | 161 FPS | ≈ |
| Far Cry 5 | 112 FPS | 60 FPS | +86.7% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 75 FPS | 47 FPS | +59.6% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 89 FPS | 44 FPS | +102.3% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 120 FPS | 77 FPS | +55.8% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 55 FPS | 32 FPS | +71.9% (A) |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 63 FPS | 26 FPS | +142.3% (A) |
| Fortnite | 140 FPS | 90 FPS | +55.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110 FPS | 82 FPS | +34.1% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120 FPS | 73 FPS | +64.4% (A) |
| GRID 2019 | 95 FPS | 52 FPS | +82.7% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 131 FPS | 76 FPS | +72.4% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 120 FPS | 68 FPS | +76.5% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 122 FPS | 53 FPS | +130.2% (A) |
| God of War | 73 FPS | 30 FPS | +143.3% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 89 FPS | 46 FPS | +93.5% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 92 FPS | 41 FPS | +124.4% (A) |
| High On Life | 99 FPS | 49 FPS | +102% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 111 FPS | 55 FPS | +101.8% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 70 FPS | 29 FPS | +141.4% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 76 FPS | 41 FPS | +85.4% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 93 FPS | 46 FPS | +102.2% (A) |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 81 FPS | 25 FPS | +224% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 86 FPS | 43 FPS | +100% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 81 FPS | 33 FPS | +145.5% (A) |
| Monster Hunter Stories 2 | 143 FPS | 107 FPS | +33.6% (A) |
| Need for Speed Heat | 102 FPS | 51 FPS | +100% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 73 FPS | 33 FPS | +121.2% (A) |
| New World | 66 FPS | 42 FPS | +57.1% (A) |
| Outriders | 86 FPS | 54 FPS | +59.3% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Rage 2 | 116 FPS | 46 FPS | +152.2% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 155 FPS | 69 FPS | +124.6% (A) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 63 FPS | 32 FPS | +96.9% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 124 FPS | 46 FPS | +169.6% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 129 FPS | 64 FPS | +101.6% (A) |
| Returnal | 85 FPS | 33 FPS | +157.6% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 86 FPS | 46 FPS | +87% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 133 FPS | 58 FPS | +129.3% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 75 FPS | 41 FPS | +82.9% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 116 FPS | 59 FPS | +96.6% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 66 FPS | 32 FPS | +106.3% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 80 FPS | 34 FPS | +135.3% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 99 FPS | 60 FPS | +65% (A) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 178 FPS | 89 FPS | +100% (A) |
| Starfield | 40 FPS | 18 FPS | +122.2% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 56 FPS | 53 FPS | +5.7% (A) |
| The Division 2 | 115 FPS | 46 FPS | +150% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 55 FPS | 19 FPS | +189.5% (A) |
| The Quarry | 76 FPS | 34 FPS | +123.5% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 142 FPS | 62 FPS | +129% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 81 FPS | 45 FPS | +80% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 108 FPS | 20 FPS | +440% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 65 FPS | 17 FPS | +282.4% (A) |
| Valorant | 190 FPS | 164 FPS | +15.9% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 157 FPS | 77 FPS | +103.9% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 62 FPS | 39 FPS | +59% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 62 FPS | 45 FPS | +37.8% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 105 FPS | 38 FPS | +176.3% (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).