Nvidia RTX 3060 Review ft. Gigabyte Gaming OC

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte RTX 3060 Gaming OC3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing - Control21. Ray Tracing - Metro Exodus22. Ray Tracing - Watch Dogs: Legion23. DLSS On - Control & Watch Dogs: Legion24. Resizable BAR - Tested25. Blender26. Clock Speed27. Temperatures28. Acoustics29. Noise-Normalised Temperatures30. Power Consumption31. Performance Per Watt32. Overclocking33. Closing Thoughts34. View All Pages

Here we present frame rate figures for each graphics card, averaged across all 12 games on test today. These figures can disguise significant variations in performance from game to game, but provide a useful overview of the sort of performance you can expect at each resolution tested.

Looking at our average performance, the RTX 3060 sits pretty neatly between the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT at 1080p. It's 5% slower than the 5700 XT, but also 8% faster than the RX 5700. Compared to the RTX 2060 Super, it's 7% faster, while we see a 21% difference between the RTX 3060 and the RTX 2060. Relative to the RTX 3060 Ti, the RTX 3060 is 20% slower.

As for 1440p, the RTX 3060 is a viable option for this resolution, provided you don't mind dropping below 60FPS in certain titles. Here, the RTX 3060 is on average 3% slower than the RX 5700 XT, and 10% faster than the RX 5700. It also extends its lead over the RTX 2060 to 25%, but is 21% slower than RTX 3060 Ti.

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