GeForce RTX 3060 vs GTX 580

Place in the ranking	404	81
Place by popularity	not in top-100	4
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.01	71.36
Power efficiency	3.40	18.10
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF110	GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	9 November 2010 (14 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 has 3450% better value for money than GTX 580.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	3584
Core clock speed	772 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	244 Watt	170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	49.41	199.0
Floating-point processing power	1.581 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	48
TMUs	64	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	242 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	12 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB/s	360.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 580 11.94

RTX 3060 44.28
+271%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 580 4608

RTX 3060 17085
+271%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 580 6065

RTX 3060 28375
+368%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 580 21941

RTX 3060 79706
+263%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 580 4970

RTX 3060 21379
+330%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 580 15038

RTX 3060 88251
+487%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	54 −270%	200−210 +270%
Full HD	98 −26.5%	124 +26.5%
1200p	78 −259%	280−290 +259%
1440p	21−24 −286%	81 +286%
4K	14−16 −271%	52 +271%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.09	2.65
1440p	23.76	4.06
4K	35.64	6.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

−339%

79
+339%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −232%	90−95 +232%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −467%	102 +467%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −274%	140−150 +274%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −271%	85−90 +271%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −333%	78 +333%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −232%	90−95 +232%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −227%	100−110 +227%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −160%	200−210 +160%
Hitman 3	21−24 −445%	120 +445%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −184%	170−180 +184%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −249%	130−140 +249%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −200%	95−100 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −337%	160−170 +337%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −95.7%	130−140 +95.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −232%	90−95 +232%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −372%	85 +372%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −274%	140−150 +274%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −271%	85−90 +271%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −317%	75 +317%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −232%	90−95 +232%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −227%	100−110 +227%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −160%	200−210 +160%
Hitman 3	21−24 −427%	116 +427%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −184%	170−180 +184%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −249%	130−140 +249%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −200%	95−100 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −374%	180 +374%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −203%	90−95 +203%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −95.7%	130−140 +95.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −232%	90−95 +232%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −317%	75 +317%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −271%	85−90 +271%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −256%	64 +256%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −232%	90−95 +232%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −160%	200−210 +160%
Hitman 3	21−24 −359%	101 +359%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −125%	142 +125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −305%	154 +305%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −143%	73 +143%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +16.9%	59 −16.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−200%

95−100
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −278%	85−90 +278%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −278%	65−70 +278%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −308%	45−50 +308%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −650%	60 +650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −333%	50−55 +333%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −550%	39 +550%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −264%	50−55 +264%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −323%	240−250 +323%
Hitman 3	14−16 −353%	68 +353%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −342%	106 +342%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −368%	89 +368%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −539%	115 +539%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −458%	65−70 +458%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −177%	200−210 +177%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−300%

75−80
+300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 −309%	45−50 +309%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Hitman 3	8−9 −463%	45 +463%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −255%	190−200 +255%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −490%	55−60 +490%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −530%	63 +530%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −343%	30−35 +343%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −660%	38 +660%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −383%	27−30 +383%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18 +800%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −320%	60−65 +320%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −570%	67 +570%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −575%	27 +575%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−264%

40−45
+264%

This is how GTX 580 and RTX 3060 compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 is 270% faster in 900p
RTX 3060 is 27% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 is 259% faster in 1200p
RTX 3060 is 286% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 is 271% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 580 is 17% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 580 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 3060 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.94	44.28
Recency	9 November 2010	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	244 Watt	170 Watt

RTX 3060 has a 270.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 43.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 580 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.