![]() ![]() The margins are fairly similar at 1440p, at least relative to other GeForce GPUs such as the RTX 2070. We're basically looking at RTX 2070-like performance, so $500 GPU performance from 3 years ago. A disappointing result to see in an Nvidia sponsored title. Starting with Watch Dogs Legion at 1080p, we see that the RTX 3060 is good for just 61 fps on average, making it slightly slower than the previous generation Radeon 5700 XT. We're going to look at the 1080p and 1440p data for half a dozen of the 14 games tested before we jump into our usual performance breakdown graphs. The test system is configured with 32GB of dual-rank, dual-channel DDR4-3200 CL14 memory. Expect all that data once we get through this latest round of product releases. On paper, the RTX 3060 doesn't appear to be a great value product, assuming all models sold at the MSRP, but we'll of course conduct a full performance evaluation and then work out where it lands in terms of cost per frame.įor testing we're still using the Ryzen 9 3950X test system as we progress on updating everything to be tested under the R9 5950X. It also helps them to market the RTX 3060 and justify the $330 asking price which sees it come in just 18% cheaper than the 3060 Ti despite the significant reduction to the core configuration. The former would have been embarrassing at this price point and with AMD set to release their mid-range parts with 12GB, Nvidia had little choice. The options were essentially 6GB or 12GB. This change to the memory subsystem meant that Nvidia couldn't pair the RTX 3060 with 8GB of VRAM. Helping to minimize that reduction is higher clocked 15 Gbps GDDR6 memory which provides a peak bandwidth of 360 GB/s, so just a 20% reduction from the 3060 Ti. ![]() That's 26% fewer cores and TMUs than the 3060 Ti version, but 40% fewer ROPs due to the downgrade from a 256-bit wide memory bus to 192-bit. The RTX 3060 is based on the new GA106 die which measures 300mm2 and packs 3584 cores, 112 TMUs and 48 ROPs. Of course, we have the usual array of benchmarks to go over and we'll jump into that in a moment. The first batch of reviews of the RTX 3060 went live about ten days ago, and while we had to delay ours, on the plus side this allowed us to take a more accurate look at pricing and post-launch availability. With many things going on concurrently: the ongoing global pandemic, trade war, and cryptocurrency mining boom, that's the situation we find ourselves in at the moment. The same was true at 1440p, and the minimum 99th percentile frame rate was particularly impressive, beating much higher-end cards, even if those managed much higher average frame rates.The GeForce RTX 3060 is Nvidia's latest $330 desktop GPU offering that you're unlikely to find at its suggested retail price. I've carried out 1080 testing on a select number of cards, but where possible, included results for high-end models for comparison at higher resolutions.īelow we can see the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB doing well in Halo Infinite at 1080p, even outstripping the RX 6800 XT, but this is one game that has proven to have an Nvidia bias. I've used the latest drivers and Windows 11 updates and BAR/Smart Access Memory is enabled. As the RTX 4060 Ti is primarily a mid-range model facing 1080p and 1440p resolutions, I've focussed on these in the graphs but have included 4K performance with DLSS enabled on occasions to show its benefits, especially as DLSS 3.0 is supported. ![]() I used an Intel Core i9-12900K, 32GB of Kingston Fury 6400MHz DDR5 memory strapped to an NZXT N7 Z790 motherboard along with the latest drivers and Windows 11 updates. It's significantly trimmed in terms of specifications compared to the RTX 4070, with noticeably fewer Cuda cores, Tensor cores and RT cores as well as a slimmer 128-bit memory bus compared to 192-bit for the RTX 4070, which also has 12GB of video memory and a larger 36MB cache compared to 32MB for the RTX 4060 Ti. ![]()
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