Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5060
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
- + PassMark (overall) (+195)
- + Normalized score (+22.3)
B
GeForce RTX 5060
- + Release year (+4)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+88 GB/s)
- + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+9,900M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+95 mm²)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+8.24 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+34.60 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+100.60 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+50.7)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+9677)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5060
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2025 (+4) |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+4 GB) | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 360 GB/s | 448 GB/s (+88 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+64 bit) | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W (+35 W) | 45 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 5 nm (-3 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M | 21,900M (+9,900M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² | 181 mm² (+95 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 | 3,840 |
| TMUs | 120 | 120 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| RT cores | 30 | 30 |
| Tensor cores | 120 | 120 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS | 19.18 TFLOPS (+8.24 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 85.30 GPixel/s | 119.90 GPixel/s (+34.60 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 199.00 GTexel/s | 299.60 GTexel/s (+100.60 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 | 69.2 (+50.7) |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,944 (+195) | 16,749 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 | 31,366 (+9677) |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 | — |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+22.3) | 50.3 |
Only in component B
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 | GeForce RTX 5060 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 110 FPS | 130 FPS | 18.2% (B) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 220 FPS | 29.4% (B) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103 FPS | 95 FPS | +8.4% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 112 FPS | 130 FPS | 16.1% (B) |
| Fortnite | 140 FPS | 170 FPS | 21.4% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110 FPS | 150 FPS | 36.4% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120 FPS | 255 FPS | 112.5% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Metro Exodus | 81 FPS | 95 FPS | 17.3% (B) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 124 FPS | 110 FPS | +12.7% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 142 FPS | 140 FPS | +1.4% (A) |
| Valorant | 190 FPS | 230 FPS | 21.1% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5060 wins 10 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).