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Can I run Grand Theft Auto V with a GeForce RTX 3060 12GB?

In Grand Theft Auto V the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2060 6GB that defines high, and 22% short of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines ultra.

The GeForce RTX 3060 12GB arrived 6 years after Grand Theft Auto V shipped, so the game was never designed with it in mind: 8 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Grand Theft Auto V. It sits 35 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 14 · 12 GB · 2021
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at high

Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.

Headroom
17% clear on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high cleared
  4. ultra blocked by GPU

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 14 against the 18 that Grand Theft Auto V asks for at the ultra tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Grand Theft Auto V: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Grand Theft Auto V the processor beside a GeForce RTX 3060 12GB changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs at high graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at high graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: Arc A770 16GB

The GeForce RTX 3060 12GB sits at index 14 and the ultra tier starts at 18.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the ultra tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

Where to look: Arc A770 16GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Grand Theft Auto V, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 2 6 12 18 14
CPU index 42 45 50 62 0
Video memory 1 GB 2 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB
System memory 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB 0 GB
Storage 125 GB 125 GB 125 GB 125 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

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Questions

Will a GeForce RTX 3060 12GB run Grand Theft Auto V?
In Grand Theft Auto V the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2060 6GB that defines high, and 22% short of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines ultra. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 12 GB of video memory enough for Grand Theft Auto V?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 12 GB of video memory does in Grand Theft Auto V.

More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB runs across every game we track.