NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 150.943
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 1 Dec 2020
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 vs 150.943

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 36% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3584
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 17107
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 971
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 88251
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 299.369
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 4021.382
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 28.778
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 1152.664
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 22495
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 22495
  • Around 36% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1961
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4864 vs 3584
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 17107
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 971
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 vs 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 vs 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 vs 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 vs 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 vs 1961

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
20394
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
989
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
299.369
323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4021.382
4756.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.778
35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
188.944
150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.664
1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1961
2671
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 20394
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 989
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382 4756.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778 35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664 1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961 2671

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA106 GA104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 1 Dec 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $399
Place in performance rating 134 104
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1665 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 4864
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6