GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 53.12% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3060 Ti sales 1 December 2020 at a recommended price of $399 . This is a high-end Ampere architecture desktop card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 242 mm. 1x 12-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 200 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking49
Place by popularity23
Cost-effectiveness evaluation69.09
Power efficiency18.21of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104
Market segmentDesktop
Release date1 December 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4864of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed1410 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed1665 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors17,400 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology8 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)200 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate253.1of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power16.2 TFLOPSof 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs80of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs152of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores152of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores38of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1750 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI+

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2
CUDA8.6

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. 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.

RTX 3060 Ti 53.12

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.

RTX 3060 Ti 20469

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.

RTX 3060 Ti 37941

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.

RTX 3060 Ti 78597

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.

RTX 3060 Ti 28145

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Ti 153968

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.

RTX 3060 Ti 109075

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Ti 615311

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX 3060 Ti 115945

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

RTX 3060 Ti 128321

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD141
1440p78
4K48

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.83
1440p5.12
4K8.31

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 83

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 121
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95
Battlefield 5 160−170
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
Cyberpunk 2077 81
Far Cry 5 100−110
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
Hitman 3 110−120
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
Metro Exodus 140−150
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 200−210
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 196
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 81
Battlefield 5 160−170
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
Cyberpunk 2077 78
Far Cry 5 100−110
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
Hitman 3 110−120
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
Metro Exodus 140−150
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 192
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
Cyberpunk 2077 77
Far Cry 5 100−110
Forza Horizon 4 173
Hitman 3 110−120
Horizon Zero Dawn 140
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 174
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 92
Watch Dogs: Legion 77

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
Cyberpunk 2077 52
Far Cry 5 60−65
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
Hitman 3 70−75
Horizon Zero Dawn 114
Metro Exodus 93
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 139
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
Watch Dogs: Legion 247

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
Hitman 3 57
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
Metro Exodus 75−80
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 77

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
Cyberpunk 2077 25
Far Cry 5 30−35
Forza Horizon 4 103
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 84
Watch Dogs: Legion 33

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is Radeon RX 6750 XT, which is faster by 2% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce RTX 3060 Ti:

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Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce RTX 3060 Ti according to our statistics.

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