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Radeon R7 260 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Radeon R7 260 vs GeForce RTX 3060: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

Buy for £254.99 on Amazon

In Stock

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

Buy for £254.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 493 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon R7 260 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 2583 days newer than Radeon R7 260.

Advantages of Radeon R7 260

  • Consumes up to 44% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 95 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060

  • Performs up to 32% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Radeon R7 260 - 82 vs 62 FPS
  • Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R7 260 - 12 vs 2 GB
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon R7 260 Logo
Radeon R7 260

Desktop • Dec 17th, 2013


FPS

62

76%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

82

100%

Value, £/FPS

£3.11/FPS

100%

Price, £

£254.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

Buy for £254.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 493 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon R7 260 Logo
Radeon R7 260

Desktop • Dec 17th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R7 260 Logo
Radeon R7 260

Desktop • Dec 17th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

16 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

48 GTexel/s

24%

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%

AMD Radeon R7 260 Logo

Radeon R7 260

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo

GeForce RTX 3060

Dec 17th, 2013Release Date
Jan 12th, 2021
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$109
MSRP$329
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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
96 GB/sBandwidth
360 GB/s
1000 MHzBase Clock Speed
1320 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1777 MHz
1500 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1875 MHz

PCs Using Radeon R7 260 or GeForce RTX 3060

With selected game settings

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