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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GDDR6 · 1.78 GHz · 170 W Speed index 11/100
In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 77 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Speed index
6/100
11/100
FP32
7.18 TFLOPS
12.72 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.65 GHz
1.78 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
360 GB/s
TDP
175 W
170 W
Launch Price
399 $
329 $
266 pts
258 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU ChipTU106GA106-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3428
Shader21763584
Render Output Units6448
Texture Units136112
Raytracing Cores3428
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size8 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.875 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s360 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock1.470 GHz1.320 GHz
Boost Clock1.650 GHz1.777 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.320 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TDP175 W170 W
Tjunction max89 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition is 175 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 0 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoDecode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Length229 mm--
Height113 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition is 229 mm long, 113 mm high and -- wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2021
Launch Price399 $329 $
Structure size12 nm8 nm
Part-no900-1G160-2565-000--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 399 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition +2.9 %

  1. 4,144
  2. 4,026

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition +0.2 %

  1. 5,077
  2. 5,068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +20.5 %

  1. 1,807
  2. 2,177

Cyberpunk 2077

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.

3840x2160 (2160p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +3.6 %

  1. 28 fps (avg)
  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +2.9 %

  1. 34 fps (avg)
  2. 35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +5.8 %

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. 55 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition +25.0 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition +6.9 %

  1. 62 fps (avg)
  2. 58 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +2.0 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 94 fps (avg)
  2. 94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 130 fps (avg)
  2. 130 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +0.5 %

  1. 88,694
  2. 89,106

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +6.4 %

  1. 84,121
  2. 89,506

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