GeForce RTX 3060 12GB vs GeForce GTX 1060

The values for the video cards below are determined from thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and are updated daily.

The first section will show basic information for each Video Card selected.
The first graph shows the G3D Mark values of each Videocard selected.
The second graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

	×GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	×GeForce GTX 1060
Price	$279.99 BUY NOW!	$339.99 BUY NOW!
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
GPU Class	Desktop	Desktop
Core Clock	1320 MHz	1708 MHz
Memory Clock	15000 MHz	2002 MHz
Maximum Memory Supported	12288 MB	6144 MB
DirectX	12.0	12.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Max TDP	170W	120W
First Seen on Chart	Q1 2021	Q2 2016
# of Samples	23385	42827
Average Results (% diff. to max in group)
DirectX 9	197 FPS	166 FPS (-15.8%)
DirectX 10	100 FPS	55 FPS (-45.5%)
DirectX 11	128 FPS	72 FPS (-43.3%)
DirectX 12	69 FPS	37 FPS (-46.5%)
GPU Compute	8886 Ops/Sec	4318 Ops/Sec (-51.4%)
G2D Rating	959	748 (-22.0%)
G3D Rating	16956	10076(-40.6%)

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