The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (Blackwell 2.0) and has 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 has the GB206-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size
8 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR7
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
28.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
192 bit
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The graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 28.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock
2.280 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
2.527 GHz
1.777 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TDP
145 W
170 W
Tjunction max
89 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1b
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
No LED lighting
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With the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Length
302 mm
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Height
134 mm
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Width
62 mm
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Width (Slots)
4 Slots
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 8 lanes and requires 4 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 +52.6 %
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