Radeon 8060S vs GeForce RTX 3060

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3060 with Radeon 8060S, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3060
2021
12 GB GDDR6, 170 Watt
40.62

8060S outperforms RTX 3060 by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking11098
Place by popularity5not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation61.49no data
Power efficiency18.20no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)
GPU code nameGA106Strix Point
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (4 years ago)2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores35842560
Core clock speed1320 MHz1295 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2335 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Wattno data
Texture fill rate199.0373.6
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS11.96 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs112160
Tensor Cores112no data
Ray Tracing Cores2840

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6System Shared
Maximum RAM amount12 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1875 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+
Resizable BAR+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-
DLSS+-

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.

RTX 3060 40.62
Radeon 8060S 42.03
+3.5%

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 17020
Radeon 8060S 17613
+3.5%

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 28939
Radeon 8060S 40732
+40.8%

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 81033
Radeon 8060S 96996
+19.7%

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 21689
Radeon 8060S 27659
+27.5%

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 120756
Radeon 8060S 164040
+35.8%

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 561364
Radeon 8060S 581927
+3.7%

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:

Full HD113
−16.8%
132
+16.8%
1440p64
−23.4%
79
+23.4%
4K42
−23.8%
52
+23.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.91no data
1440p5.14no data
4K7.83no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 220−230
−2.7%
230−240
+2.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
−26.6%
100−105
+26.6%
Sons of the Forest 85−90
−3.5%
85−90
+3.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
−1.5%
130−140
+1.5%
Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+4.2%
215
−4.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
−28.2%
100−105
+28.2%
Far Cry 5 146
+37.7%
106
−37.7%
Fortnite 170−180
−3.4%
180−190
+3.4%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−3.2%
160−170
+3.2%
Forza Horizon 5 124
−62.1%
201
+62.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
−1.9%
160−170
+1.9%
Sons of the Forest 85−90
−3.5%
85−90
+3.5%
Valorant 230−240
−2.6%
240−250
+2.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
−1.5%
130−140
+1.5%
Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+106%
109
−106%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
−33.3%
100−105
+33.3%
Dota 2 156
−2.6%
160−170
+2.6%
Far Cry 5 135
+29.8%
104
−29.8%
Fortnite 170−180
−3.4%
180−190
+3.4%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−3.2%
160−170
+3.2%
Forza Horizon 5 110
−65.5%
182
+65.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 141
+11%
127
−11%
Metro Exodus 81
−27.2%
100−110
+27.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
−1.9%
160−170
+1.9%
Sons of the Forest 85−90
−3.5%
85−90
+3.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 179
−21.8%
218
+21.8%
Valorant 230−240
−2.6%
240−250
+2.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
−1.5%
130−140
+1.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 64
−56.3%
100−105
+56.3%
Dota 2 147
−2%
150−160
+2%
Far Cry 5 127
+30.9%
97
−30.9%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−3.2%
160−170
+3.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
−1.9%
160−170
+1.9%
Sons of the Forest 85−90
−3.5%
85−90
+3.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
−31%
114
+31%
Valorant 230−240
−2.1%
240−250
+2.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 170−180
−3.4%
180−190
+3.4%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+47.9%
71
−47.9%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280−290
−3.8%
290−300
+3.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 81
+15.7%
70
−15.7%
Metro Exodus 50
−26%
60−65
+26%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
−2.9%
180−190
+2.9%
Valorant 260−270
−2.3%
270−280
+2.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
−1.9%
100−110
+1.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
−30.8%
50−55
+30.8%
Far Cry 5 94
+5.6%
89
−5.6%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−4.2%
120−130
+4.2%
Sons of the Forest 60−65
−3.1%
65−70
+3.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
−18.1%
85
+18.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 110−120
−3.6%
110−120
+3.6%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+33.3%
36
−33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 82
+7.9%
76
−7.9%
Metro Exodus 32
−21.9%
35−40
+21.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65
+14%
57
−14%
Valorant 240−250
−3.2%
250−260
+3.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
−3%
65−70
+3%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+6.7%
45−50
−6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
−27.8%
21−24
+27.8%
Dota 2 115
+4.5%
110−120
−4.5%
Far Cry 5 48
−2.1%
49
+2.1%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−3.8%
80−85
+3.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
−5.2%
60−65
+5.2%
Sons of the Forest 35−40
−5.3%
40−45
+5.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 55−60
−3.6%
55−60
+3.6%

This is how RTX 3060 and Radeon 8060S compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8060S is 17% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 8060S is 23% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 8060S is 24% faster in 4K

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 is 106% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 5, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 8060S is 65% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 is ahead in 12 tests (20%)
  • Radeon 8060S is ahead in 46 tests (78%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 40.62 42.03
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm

Radeon 8060S has a 3.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce RTX 3060 and Radeon 8060S.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon 8060S is a notebook one.

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