Is 3060 12gb worth it to buy in 2025

[Mukundkannan]

Is 3060 12gb worth it to buy in 2025 i want to play all latest games and future ones in 1080p high or medium if needed with ultra textures and i will do some 3d work with blender and matlab for eee. Also recommended alternatives (PS: i am upgrading from a 1650 super i have 3900x)

[Millios]

1 minute ago, Mukundkannan said:

Is 3060 12gb worth it to buy in 2025

No not really unless you are in a tight budget or need it for smt specific that isnt GPU straining

Depending on your budget , where you live and how good the used market is I'd say your best bet is either a 5060 ti 16gb or a used 3080 Ti

[WereCat]

If you can get it for good price I'd say it's more worth it that buying a brand new RTX 5060 8GB. 

[Mukundkannan]

28 minutes ago, Millios said:

No not really unless you are in a tight budget or need it for smt specific that isnt GPU straining

Depending on your budget , where you live and how good the used market is I'd say your best bet is either a 5060 ti 16gb or a used 3080 Ti

I live in india i can get a 3060 for around 25k inr which is $292.05. But a 5060 ti is around 48k inr which is $560.74 so no way i can go for that what about amd options. I can buy a 7800xt for the price of 5060 ti in india

[Mukundkannan]

24 minutes ago, WereCat said:

If you can get it for good price I'd say it's more worth it that buying a brand new RTX 5060 8GB. 

yeah aint no way i am gonna buy a 5060 8gb in 2025 is a ripoff

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, Mukundkannan said:

yeah aint no way i am gonna buy a 5060 8gb in 2025 is a ripoff

4070?

[Mukundkannan]

Just now, podkall said:

4070?

$600 or 55k inr LOL

[Millios]

1 minute ago, Mukundkannan said:

I live in india i can get a 3060 for around 25k inr which is $292.05. But a 5060 ti is around 48k inr which is $560.74 so no way i can go for that what about amd options

Both prices are not good

And since you wanna do blender especially at that low a budget AMD is even worse so that is a no go

1 minute ago, Mukundkannan said:

yeah aint no way i am gonna buy a 5060 8gb in 2025 is a ripoff

Its gonna outperform a 3060 12gb any day of the week buddy and it has more features you might need as well like more cuda cores and better AI and productivity capabilities

[Mukundkannan]

Just now, Millios said:

Both prices are not good

And since you wanna do blender especially at that low a budget AMD is even worse so that is a no go

Its gonna outperform a 3060 12gb any day of the week buddy and it has more features you might need as well like more cuda cores and better AI and productivity capabilities

so you think its worth paying double the price for simply a 2 gen upgrade nah i dont think so and i dont have the budget

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, Mukundkannan said:

$600 or 55k inr LOL

3060 sounds good, used market also exists.

 

You could get RTX 2080TI or 3080

[Mukundkannan]

5 minutes ago, Millios said:

Both prices are not good

And since you wanna do blender especially at that low a budget AMD is even worse so that is a no go

Its gonna outperform a 3060 12gb any day of the week buddy and it has more features you might need as well like more cuda cores and better AI and productivity capabilities

gaming is more of focus than blender i use blender rarely i mostly spend my time on visual studio and matlab and simulink

[Millios]

Just now, Mukundkannan said:

so you think its worth paying double the price for simply a 2 gen upgrade nah i dont think so and i dont have the budget

Didnt you say the 5060 Ti is  is double the money? Logically speaking the 5060 NO Ti would be cheaper and much closer in terms of price

 

[Mukundkannan]

1 minute ago, Millios said:

Didnt you say the 5060 Ti is  is double the money? Logically speaking the 5060 NO Ti would be cheaper and much closer in terms of price

 

but its not available yet plus i dont think it will be that cheap indian market is not for beginners kek

[Millios]

3 minutes ago, Mukundkannan said:

gaming is more of focus than blender i use blender rarely i mostly spend my time on visual studio and matlab

Visial Studio from what I can find doesnt really care what GPU it is but Matlab does and it greatly benefits from Nvidia AI which the 50 series GPUs have a lot more off so the 5060 is gonna be a better deal (provided it isnt a crazy amount more in price) cause it outperforms the 5060 and will benefit your more serious usecase

[Millios]

3 minutes ago, Mukundkannan said:

but its not available yet plus i dont think it will be that cheap indian market is not for beginners kek

https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/geforce-rtx-5060-guide

In like 2 days its out

you aint the only one that has a rough market and I'm well versed with scummy markets from personal experience

Unless you 100% need a new GPU urgently (where I would still reccomend going used for a 3080 Ti or smt like that) I'd say wait like 2 days and see if you grab a 5060 at a good price

[WereCat]

32 minutes ago, Millios said:

Its gonna outperform a 3060 12gb any day of the week buddy and it has more features you might need as well like more cuda cores and better AI and productivity capabilities

5060 is gonna outperform it until it runs out of VRAM. There are plenty of games that run out of VRAM even at 1080p these days and for Blender GPU rendering it depends on size of the project but generally, VRAM is king there as well.

 

I would not buy 3060 12GB for $290 as was the price OP mentioned, I agree that's too much. At most $250 but ideally around $200 is way more reasonable. There is just not much choice in that price range though. Intel Arc 580 would be a way to go if not for Blender as they don't perform well in Blender still.

[PDifolco]

43 minutes ago, Mukundkannan said:

$600 or 55k inr LOL

How much for a 7700XT ? It's like 420EUR here, way faster than a 3060 that is 280EUR

[Millios]

Just now, WereCat said:

5060 is gonna outperform it until it runs out of VRAM. There are plenty of games that run out of VRAM even at 1080p these days and for Blender GPU rendering it depends on size of the project but generally, VRAM is king there as well.

For blender I cannot speak extensively and with as much accuracy as I would like to so I am gonna take your word there since I havent gotten my toes wet with it yet. Tho OP mentioned its not as important as gaming

There are quite a few examples of 4060s and 7600s outperforming a 3060 12gb even when they are close to taking up the whole Vram amount so like 6.8-7gigs

RDR2, GTA V, Cyberpunk,CoD and other more graphically or GPU intensive games the 3060 got outperformed

Excluding RT for obvious reasons cause Nvidia cant be matched there, the 3060 12gb on average is 15% slower/weaker even on 1440p, even more so in other games like Modern Warfare where it is nearly 35% slower/weaker

I would've mentioned the b580 but OP has a 3900x aka AM4 which an issue with overhead problems and while quite a bit better in gaming and with 12gb Vram it shoots itself in the foot with that. IDK if an a770 would a good proposition tho cause it is a 16gb card, its cheap and it isnt too shabby in productivity as far as I know

 

The only use from OP I saw that swung the pendulum towards the 3060 was matlabs which from what I saw could use AI but idk to what extent to fully justify a overpriced 3060 12gb

[WereCat]

16 minutes ago, Millios said:

For blender I cannot speak extensively and with as much accuracy as I would like to so I am gonna take your word there since I havent gotten my toes wet with it yet. Tho OP mentioned its not as important as gaming

There are quite a few examples of 4060s and 7600s outperforming a 3060 12gb even when they are close to taking up the whole Vram amount so like 6.8-7gigs

RDR2, GTA V, Cyberpunk,CoD and other more graphically or GPU intensive games the 3060 got outperformed

Excluding RT for obvious reasons cause Nvidia cant be matched there, the 3060 12gb on average is 15% slower/weaker even on 1440p, even more so in other games like Modern Warfare where it is nearly 35% slower/weaker

I would've mentioned the b580 but OP has a 3900x aka AM4 which an issue with overhead problems and while quite a bit better in gaming and with 12gb Vram it shoots itself in the foot with that. IDK if an a770 would a good proposition tho cause it is a 16gb card, its cheap and it isnt too shabby in productivity as far as I know

 

The only use from OP I saw that swung the pendulum towards the 3060 was matlabs which from what I saw could use AI but idk to what extent to fully justify a overpriced 3060 12gb

This is not direct comparison with 3060 12GB but you can extrapolate

 

 

Some games dont even run at certain settings with 8GB even at 1080p or if they run they have massive performance dips. So yes, 3060 is somewhat slower card but it's still very solid performer without VRAM issues where it can easily match or even beat the newer 4060/5060.

 

For instance FFXVI even at 1080p medium has issues with 8GB, Indiana Johnes does not run at all at 1080p Supreme with 8GB while perfectly playable with more VRAM, Last of Us part II massive issues at 1080p on Very High preset with 8GB.

 

And I've just went for 1080p, at 1440p there are more examples. I just don't see the point buying a new 8GB card that already has issues in some games knowing that the issue will get even worse over time.

 

But for $290 I still think it's a bad value regardless. I'd look on 2nd hand market if that's possible.

[strange13930]

1 hour ago, WereCat said:

If you can get it for good price I'd say it's more worth it that buying a brand new RTX 5060 8GB. 

 

1 hour ago, Mukundkannan said:

yeah aint no way i am gonna buy a 5060 8gb in 2025 is a ripoff

yeah the 8gb is sucky in 2025 for 1080p, is the 5060 ti 16gb in your budget.

[Mukundkannan]

so i guess i have to wait then

[Mukundkannan]

So should i buy a 3060 or a 4060 they are my only options since they have same price in india rn

[ewitte]

10 hours ago, Millios said:

There are quite a few examples of 4060s and 7600s outperforming a 3060 12gb even when they are close to taking up the whole Vram amount so like 6.8-7gigs

RDR2, GTA V, Cyberpunk,CoD and other more graphically or GPU intensive games the 3060 got outperformed

There were also a lot of 4060 reviews that show the 8GB model crapping its pants in newer titles loosing massive FPS vs the 16GB.   Many with 40+% hit and some that wouldn't even run AT 1080P.  But the same games run just fine on the 16GB model.  The problem is just going to get worse.

[Mark Kaine]

11 hours ago, Mukundkannan said:

So should i buy a 3060 or a 4060 they are my only options since they have same price in india rn

4060 is faster. If you mostly game it's the better choice.