The GeForce RTX 3060 is and remains a mid-range graphics card most popular on Steam. In terms of performance, it is almost equivalent to the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, although its performance varies depending on each game used, and it has the advantage of having 12 GB of graphics memory.

It is this that continues to be its biggest attraction and leads some to believe that it is better than the GeForce RTX 4060, which is It is not true, because the second one is more powerful, more efficient, works much better in ray tracing and has the advantage of supporting frame generation under DLSS 3.

Despite the differences between the two, the two are fairly close in retail price, in fact I’ve seen situations where the concurrence of certain offers left the GeForce RTX 4060 only 20 euros away GeForce RTX 3060. That doesn’t make sense, as the former only slightly underperforms the GeForce RTX 3006 Ti at 1080p.

The truth is that the problem in this case was not the GeForce RTX 4060, but the fact that the GeForce RTX 3060 never dropped quite a bit in price adaptation of the launch of the new generation.

Keep in mind that this graphics card will hit the market in early 2021 with a base price of 335 eurosand that in the second half of 2024 it is still around 270-280 euros. The price reduction was very small, as I said, and this complicated his position in the market.

NVIDIA plans to end production of the GeForce RTX 3060

This information comes from Board Channels trusted sources within the Taiwanese supply chain. NVIDIA has begun the process of discontinuing production of the GeForce RTX 3060 and has notified its partners that only one stock left specified graphics card.

Assemblers Colored, Tongde and Bo Benen from Taiwan will be the ones to distribute the last batch in this country and they will need to place an order with the estimated number of units they need. Over the next few months, they will receive the order each of them placed.

It’s important to keep in mind that even though this graphics card has been discontinued, it doesn’t mean it’s gone from the market. It will still be available while units remain in stock, although at some point there may be a shortage and some will take advantage of that to do business and inflate its price.

With GeForce RTX 50 getting closer It is logical that NVIDIA is thinking about withdrawing GeForce RTX 3060 from the market. It would not be out of place to connect in 2025 with three mid-range graphics cards from three different generations, GeForce RTX 3060, GeForce RTX 4060. and GeForce RTX 5060.