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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
- 8,756Bottom 38%
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 2,195Bottom 30%
- PassMark G3D
- 16,885Bottom 46%
- 1080p Ultra
- 64 fpsBottom 8%
- 1440p Ultra
- 47 fpsBottom 8%
- 4K Ultra
- 27 fpsBottom 13%
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 42.6/100 (“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: 8,756
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE, Intel Arc A580, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
