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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
The mainstream Ampere workhorse with a quirk: 12GB of VRAM on a $329 card, more than the RTX 3080. Solid 1080p pace has kept it among Steam's most-used GPUs for years.
Pros
- 12GB of VRAM at $329
- Solid 1080p ultra performance
- Low 170W power draw
- Huge install base, mature drivers
Cons
- 192-bit bus caps its 1440p ambitions
- Weak ray-tracing performance
- Original MSRP was fiction during the shortage
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
General
- Announced
- 2021
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process
- 8 nm
- TDP
- 170 W
- Power connector
- 1x 8-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 3,584
- RT cores
- 28
- Tensor / AI cores
- 112
- Base clock
- 1,320 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,777 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 12 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 192 bit
- Bandwidth
- 360 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 8,700Top 88%
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 2,200Top 87%
- PassMark G3D
- 13,800Top 84%
- 1080p Ultra
- 80 fpsTop 86%
- 1440p Ultra
- 57 fpsTop 86%
- 4K Ultra
- 30 fpsTop 86%
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4 (no FG)
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 earns an Inno Score of 42.4/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The mainstream Ampere workhorse with a quirk: 12GB of VRAM on a $329 card, more than the RTX 3080. Solid 1080p pace has kept it among Steam's most-used GPUs for years.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060?
VRAM: 12 GB · Boost clock: 1,777 MHz · TDP: 170 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 8,700
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Radeon RX 7600, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, Intel Arc A750 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
