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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 23% to 105%, including 87% in 3DMark Time Spy (16,343 vs 8,747). On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 41.1 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TyoLab), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. MSRP range: $329 · $429. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*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

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
vram gb 1216
vram type GDDR6—
tdp w 170—
cuda cores 3584—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from LanOC Reviews, 3DMark, Beebom, Overclocking.com, Legit Reviews, Wccftech and Geekbench Browser; 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews, 3DMark		 21,653 points41,427 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 —21,102 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, LanOC Reviews		 —9,318 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, Beebom, Legit Reviews, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark, Wccftech		 5,074 points10,399 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark		 2,192 points4,178 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark		 1,976 points3,657 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 1,978 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews, 3DMark		 8,747 points16,343 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 9,755 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, LanOC Reviews		 —7,547 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—

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

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?

The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 23% to 105%, including 87% in 3DMark Time Spy (16,343 vs 8,747).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 41.1 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TyoLab), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB launched at a $329 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $429. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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