NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 492%, including 75% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,747 vs 4,996).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER. Released 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER). MSRP range: $329 · $159. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

NVIDIA · Ampere

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12 GB VRAM170W TDP$329 MSRP2021

Full NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB benchmarks →

NVIDIA · Turing

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

4 GB VRAM100W TDP$159 MSRP2019

Full NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
vram gb	12	4
vram type	GDDR6	GDDR6
tdp w	170	100
cuda cores	3584	1280

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, 3DMark, technical.city, GPU-Monkey, Legit Reviews, Wccftech, Geekbench Browser and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, technical.city	21,653 points	12,206 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics score) (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey	—	5,217 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: Legit Reviews, 3DMark, Wccftech	5,074 points	—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	2,192 points	—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	1,976 points	334 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	8,747 points	4,996 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics score) (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey	—	4,686 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better) Source: Legit Reviews	9,755 points	—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics score) (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey	—	2,061 points
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser	82,071 points	—
Geekbench 6 Vulkan (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser	91,383 points	—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	984 pts	749 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TYO Lab blog)
llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TyoLab)
llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))

All NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB AI benchmarks →

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

No verified AI inference results on file. See the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER benchmark page →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 492%, including 75% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,747 vs 4,996).

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER at $159. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.