GeForce RTX 3060 bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 70 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (44th percentile). Paired with a Core i3-8100F it lands near 46 fps at 1080p and 5 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsAmpere · 2022

Architecture	Ampere
Shading units	3,584
Boost clock	1,777 MHz
Memory	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s
Board power	170 W
Released	2022

Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i3-8100F, high

Resolution	Est. FPS	GPU load	Limited by
1920 x 1080	46	99%	Graphics card
2560 x 1440	27	99%	Graphics card
3440 x 1440	16	99%	Graphics card
3840 x 2160	5	99%	Graphics card

Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

Processor	Est. FPS	Unused
Core i3-8100F	46	12.4%
Core i3-8100	46	12.4%
Core i3-8300	46	14.7%
Core i3-8350K	46	21.1%
Core i3-9100	46	24.9%
Core i3-9100F	46	24.9%

Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i3-8100F

Game	Est. FPS	VRAM
Cyberpunk 2077	11	11.5 GB needed
Fortnite	38	OK
Counter-Strike 2	85	OK
Baldur's Gate 3	27	8.1 GB needed
Red Dead Redemption 2	17	9.4 GB needed
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024	15	10.8 GB needed

Who a GeForce RTX 3060 is actually for

This is mainstream 1080p hardware. At that resolution it is usually the component doing the limiting, which is good news for pairing — it will not be held back by a modest processor, so there is no need to spend heavily on the chip beside it.

Pushing it to 1440p is possible in lighter titles, but expect to drop settings in demanding ones.

8 GB is this card's real limit

8 of the 16 titles we model exceed 8 GB at 1440p and high settings. On this card memory, not shader throughput, is the thing that will make modern games stutter. Texture quality is the setting to lower first, and it usually costs less visual fidelity than the alternatives.

Where it sits

Ranked 70 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Arc 5 B570, Radeon RX 6600. Just below: GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB, GeForce GTX 1080. Full method on the methodology page.