GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce RTX 3060
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce GTX 950
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Aug 2015
GeForce GTX 950

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    462%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060

362% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950

90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3060 .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 3060

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3060

The GeForce RTX 3060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3060GeForce GTX 950
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-300-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-250-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs28 nm
Die Size300 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders3840vs768
Compute Units30vs6
Core clock1627 MHzvs1024 MHz
ROPs64vs32
TMUs120vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3060GeForce GTX 950
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3060GeForce GTX 950
TDP180 wattsvs90 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs20 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    118.50 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    32.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    222.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    49.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    336.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    105.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    14220.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 950
    1572.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    128
  • GeForce GTX 950
    27

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    90
  • GeForce GTX 950
    20

FPS (higher is better)