GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 960

GeForce RTX 3060
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    344%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060

244% 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 960

60 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 960
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-300-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-300-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs28 nm
Die Size300 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders3840vs1024
Compute Units30vs8
Core clock1627 MHzvs1127 MHz
ROPs64vs32
TMUs120vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3060GeForce GTX 960
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3060GeForce GTX 960
TDP180 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs22 Jan 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    118.50 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36.10 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    222.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    72.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    336.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    112.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    14220.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 960
    2308.10 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 960
    36

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce RTX 3060
    90
  • GeForce GTX 960
    27

FPS (higher is better)