Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+24 GB/s)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+1,200M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+169 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+1920)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.49 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+4.66 GPixel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+0.3)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2850)
- + 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)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+2.60 GTexel/s)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+2) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+6 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 360 GB/s (+24 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) | — | — |
| Boost clock (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) | 85.30 GPixel/s (+4.66 GPixel/s) | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 199.00 GTexel/s | 201.60 GTexel/s (+2.60 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 (+0.3) | 18.1 |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,944 (+2850) | 14,094 |
| 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
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In both
CUDA
DLSS
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 | 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 wins 16 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).