nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR6

Memory

1920

Cores

336 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

$349 Jan 2019 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 2060

$349 • Jan 2019

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

6GB GDDR6 160W $349 Jan 2019

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Memory Size	12 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	170 W	160 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	1680 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	336 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	12nm
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Shading Units	3584	1920
RT Cores	28	30
TMUs	112	120
ROPs	48	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	80.64 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	336 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	6.451 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	445 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	10800 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8993 (+22%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

7379

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

91603 (+16%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

78934

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS (+22%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

89.8 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

16870 (+19%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

14122

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Game Benchmarks Comparison (64 benchmarks)

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+18%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+20%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

HUMANKIND

8.3 2021 • Strategy • AMPLITUDE Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+21%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+24%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+26%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+18%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+14%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+23%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+27%)

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+37%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+41%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+31%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+29%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+67%)

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+8%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+12%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Ludus future

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+20%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+20%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+24%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison