In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE is 64 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, which has 3840 shaders and 30 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
28.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
240 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 240 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE can access 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
2.280 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
2.722 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE is 2.280 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
TDP
170 W
145 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
89 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
--
3 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has a total of 0 Axial fans.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 2.1b
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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 3060 8GB.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
Decode / Encode
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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
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE
Length
--
329 mm
Height
--
128 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
--
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is -- long, -- high and -- wide.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 ELITE is 329 mm long, 128 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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