GeForce RTX 3060
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE

GPU Folding Overview GeForce RTX 3060

Folding@Home PPD for the GeForce RTX 3060 represents the averages of folding work unit samples collected from a wide variety of users different computer hardware configurations.

Average values are used to best represent folding PPD performance of a GeForce RTX 3060 across different F@H projects and user variables such as power settings, overclocks, operating system and specific work units which can yield wildly different highs and lows for PPD scores on the same GPU platform.

Stats as ofSunday, 26 April 2026 03:02:11

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GPU PPD Average All OS

2,700,898

Average of 500 most recent PPD samples.

Work Unit Samples All OS

19,822

All-time sample volume for this GPU profile.

Overall Rank All GPUs

#90

Ranked 90 of 439 tracked GPUs.

Brand Rank Nvidia GPUs

#79

Ranked 79 of 294 Nvidia GPUs.

Folding STATISTICS GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060] - Nvidia

DATA SAMPLES INFO
Filter applied, PPD samples all time
AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE
Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter
WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS
All Time
OS FILTER SAMPLES PPD
WU Per 24hrs
Time Per WU
Points Per WU
BEST PPD
WORST PPD
All OS AVG 19822 2,018,636 7.08 3 hrs 23 mins 285,182 28,003,321 4,100
Linux 353 2,133,441 8.56 2 hrs 48 mins 249,170 28,003,321 389,312
Windows 19469 2,016,555 7.05 3 hrs 24 mins 285,835 5,263,912 4,100

Recent Work Unit Performance - GeForce RTX 3060

Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.

The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the GeForce RTX 3060.

No work unit data recorded for the GeForce RTX 3060 in the past 12 weeks.

Data is provided in legacy mode until new work units are folded using our web client.

Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - GeForce RTX 3060

The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the GeForce RTX 3060.

This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.

GeForce RTX 3060 kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST

Power consumption information for the GeForce RTX 3060 is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under folding@home compute loads.

Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computers power usage.

GPU Power Draw
Watts - TDP
Daily Power Usage
kWh
Points per
kWh
Daily Cost at $0.10
per kWh
Power Cost
per 1m Points
170 W 4.08 kWh 661,985 $0.41 $0.151

GeForce RTX 3060 COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR

Folding@Home compute projections for the GeForce RTX 3060 can be used to help inform long term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.

Duration Nick Name Points
Average
Work Units
Average
Power Usage
kWh
Power Cost
at $0.10 per kWh
Day PPD 2,700,898 6.86 4.08 kWh $0.41
Week PPW 18,906,286 48.04 28.56 kWh $2.86
Month PPM 82,152,314 208.74 124.10 kWh $12.41
Year PPY 985,827,770 2504.92 1489.20 kWh $148.92

5 BEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - GeForce RTX 3060

The following data is the average PPD values for GeForce RTX 3060 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 17660 FoldingGPU-Core27-Test 5,263,912 20,450 257.40 0 hrs 6 mins
2 18224 alzheimers 3,246,844 806,623 4.03 5 hrs 58 mins
3 18228 cancer 3,168,049 458,805 6.91 3 hrs 29 mins
4 12704 cancer 2,918,180 68,448 42.63 0 hrs 34 mins
5 14950 diabetes 2,889,489 137,764 20.97 1 hrs 9 mins

5 LOWEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - GeForce RTX 3060

The following data is the average PPD values for GeForce RTX 3060 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 16490 cancer 391,694 25,688 15.25 1 hrs 34 mins
2 18009 cancer 554,252 157,399 3.52 6 hrs 49 mins
3 17905 cancer 703,531 45,757 15.38 1 hrs 34 mins
4 17602 cancer 770,627 79,015 9.75 2 hrs 28 mins
5 18714 cancer 1,037,705 220,016 4.72 5 hrs 5 mins