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

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 23% to 105%, including 87% in 3DMark Time Spy (16,343 vs 8,747). On qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 42.3 tokens/s (per ComputingForGeeks) against 26.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per LocalScore.ai), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. MSRP range: $429 · $329. 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

SpecGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vram gb 1612
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 3DMark, LanOC Reviews, Beebom, Overclocking.com, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic 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.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 41,427 points21,653 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, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark		 10,399 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 4,178 points2,170 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark, CpuTronic		 3,657 points1,984 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark		 16,343 points8,747 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—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,211 pts984 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 22,642 pts16,969 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.

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Quick answers

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

The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 42.3 tokens/s (per ComputingForGeeks) against 26.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per LocalScore.ai), best community run on file for each.

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

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

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