RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 3060

Place in the ranking	81	16
Place by popularity	4	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	71.40	no data
Power efficiency	18.01	20.07
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA106	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	3584	12800
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1155 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2550 MHz
Number of transistors	12,000 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	199.0	1,020
Floating-point processing power	12.74 TFLOPS	65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	176
TMUs	112	400
Tensor Cores	112	400
Ray Tracing Cores	28	100

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	360.0 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.9

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. 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 44.29

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 72.58
+63.9%

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 17085

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 27999
+63.9%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX 3060 88251

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 119937
+35.9%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

RTX 3060 89918

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 159968
+77.9%

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 HD	124 −61.3%	200−210 +61.3%
1440p	81 −60.5%	130−140 +60.5%
4K	52 −63.5%	85−90 +63.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.65	no data
1440p	4.06	no data
4K	6.33	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

79
−51.9%

120−130

+51.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	102 −56.9%	160−170 +56.9%
Battlefield 5	140−150 −62%	230−240 +62%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 −57.3%	140−150 +57.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	78 −53.8%	120−130 +53.8%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −57.4%	170−180 +57.4%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −47.8%	300−310 +47.8%
Hitman 3	120 −58.3%	190−200 +58.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 −62%	290−300 +62%
Metro Exodus	130−140 −61.8%	220−230 +61.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 −61.6%	160−170 +61.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	160−170 −62.7%	270−280 +62.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −63%	220−230 +63%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85 −52.9%	130−140 +52.9%
Battlefield 5	140−150 −62%	230−240 +62%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 −57.3%	140−150 +57.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	75 −60%	120−130 +60%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −57.4%	170−180 +57.4%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −47.8%	300−310 +47.8%
Hitman 3	116 −63.8%	190−200 +63.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 −62%	290−300 +62%
Metro Exodus	130−140 −61.8%	220−230 +61.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 −61.6%	160−170 +61.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	180 −61.1%	290−300 +61.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	90−95 −53.8%	140−150 +53.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −63%	220−230 +63%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75 −60%	120−130 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 −57.3%	140−150 +57.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	64 −56.3%	100−105 +56.3%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −47.8%	300−310 +47.8%
Hitman 3	101 −58.4%	160−170 +58.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	142 −62%	230−240 +62%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	154 −62.3%	250−260 +62.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	73 −50.7%	110−120 +50.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 −61%	95−100 +61%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95−100
−61.6%

160−170

+61.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 −60.9%	140−150 +60.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −61.8%	110−120 +61.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −63.3%	80−85 +63.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 −58.3%	95−100 +58.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −63.5%	85−90 +63.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 −53.8%	60−65 +53.8%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −56.9%	80−85 +56.9%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 −45.2%	350−400 +45.2%
Hitman 3	68 −61.8%	110−120 +61.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	106 −60.4%	170−180 +60.4%
Metro Exodus	89 −57.3%	140−150 +57.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	115 −56.5%	180−190 +56.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 −49.3%	100−105 +49.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	200−210 −46.3%	300−310 +46.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

75−80
−57.9%

120−130

+57.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −55.6%	70−75 +55.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −57.9%	60−65 +57.9%
Hitman 3	45 −55.6%	70−75 +55.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 −53.8%	300−310 +53.8%
Metro Exodus	55−60 −61%	95−100 +61%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	63 −58.7%	100−105 +58.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −61.3%	50−55 +61.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 −57.9%	60−65 +57.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −55.2%	45−50 +55.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 −50%	27−30 +50%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −48.1%	40−45 +48.1%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −58.7%	100−105 +58.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	67 −49.3%	100−105 +49.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27 −48.1%	40−45 +48.1%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

−62.5%

65−70
+62.5%

This is how RTX 3060 and RTX 5000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 61% faster in 1080p
RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 60% faster in 1440p
RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 63% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	44.29	72.58
Recency	12 January 2021	9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	250 Watt

RTX 3060 has 47.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 63.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 5000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3060 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop card while RTX 5000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.