NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile sales 12 January 2021. This is a laptop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 8 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 6 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 80 Watt.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	168
Place by popularity	69
Power efficiency	27.91	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GA106
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3840	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	900 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1425 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	13,250 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	171.0	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	10.94 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	48	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	120	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	120	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	30	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 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).

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile: 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 type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile. 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.2
CUDA	8.6

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile. 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 Mobile 32.57

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 Mobile 12550

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 Mobile 27419

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 Mobile 57333

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 Mobile 20609

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 Mobile 104826

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 Mobile 466087

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3060 Mobile 8222

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 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 HD	98
1440p	66
4K	40

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

103

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76
Battlefield 5	100−110
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70
Cyberpunk 2077	86
Far Cry 5	70−75
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85
Forza Horizon 4	170−180
Hitman 3	106
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150
Metro Exodus	164
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64
Battlefield 5	100−110
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70
Cyberpunk 2077	69
Far Cry 5	70−75
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85
Forza Horizon 4	170−180
Hitman 3	108
Horizon Zero Dawn	189
Metro Exodus	129
Red Dead Redemption 2	102
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	158
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70
Watch Dogs: Legion	158

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70
Cyberpunk 2077	62
Far Cry 5	70−75
Forza Horizon 4	170−180
Hitman 3	96
Horizon Zero Dawn	120
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	78
Watch Dogs: Legion	46

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Cyberpunk 2077	39
Far Cry 5	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	180−190
Hitman 3	64
Horizon Zero Dawn	85
Metro Exodus	85
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	101
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	116

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27
Hitman 3	41
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170
Metro Exodus	60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22
Cyberpunk 2077	15
Far Cry 5	18−20
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60
Watch Dogs: Legion	19

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 106.39

Radeon RX 6800M 105.8

Radeon RX 7600M XT 105.07

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 100

Radeon RX 6600S 99.14

Arc A770M 94.01

GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 93.37

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is Radeon RX 6600S, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.