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GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3060

GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3060: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms GeForce GTX 960 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 2182 days newer than GeForce GTX 960.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • Consumes up to 29% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 120 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Performs up to 28% better in Far Cry 5 than GeForce GTX 960 - 133 vs 104 FPS
  • Up to 500% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 - 12 vs 2 GB
This is a free version of Far Cry 5.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015


FPS

104

78.19548872180451%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

133

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

CA$399.99

100%

FPS Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 3X 12G OC GGDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card RTX 3060 Ventus 3X 12G OC

Buy for CA$399.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 265 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015


Pixel Fillrate

37.7 GPixel/s

44.19695193434936%

Texel Fillrate

75.39 GTexel/s

37.88442211055276%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

vs

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 22nd, 2015Release Date
Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 30
$199
MSRP$329
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
12 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
128-bitBus192-bit
112.2 GB/sBandwidth
360 GB/s
1127 MHzBase Clock Speed
1320 MHz
1178 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1777 MHz
1753 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1875 MHz

Builds Using GeForce GTX 960 or GeForce RTX 3060

Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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