GeForce RTX 3060 Folding@Home PPD Averages, Power Consumption & Research Projects

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Performance snapshot

Current averages, ranks, sample depth, and data freshness.

Folding@Home identifier GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060]

High confidence

Most recent sample Oct 23, 2026 Most recent update seen for this GPU profile.

All-OS average: 2,022,087; Average PPD from submitted samples
Linux average: 2,259,260; Linux-only samples
Windows average: 2,017,007; Windows-only samples
Work unit samples: 19,886; All-time profile volume
Overall rank: #89; 446 GPUs tracked
Brand rank: #75; 294 Nvidia GPUs

Sampled performance breakdown

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	19,886	2,022,087	7.11	3 hrs 23 mins	284,421	28,003,321	4,100
Linux	417	2,259,260	10.35	2 hrs 19 mins	218,378	28,003,321	389,312
Windows	19,469	2,017,007	7.06	3 hrs 24 mins	285,836	14,062,500	4,100

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Profile your GeForce RTX 3060 in our V8 Web Client

Launch the LAR.SYSTEMS V8 Web Client to monitor live work-unit activity, compare your machine with community benchmarks, and contribute real samples that keep public rankings and hardware insights current for the Folding@Home community.

First and most recent work-unit sample contributors
Sample	Folder	Team	Platform	Seen
Most recent WU sample	VeroBaas	Folding@SweClockers.com	Linux GPU	1 week ago
First seen	Anonymous Folder	Team not recorded	Windows GPU	5 years ago

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Recent GPU performance

12-week performance at a glance

Use the range, net change, and latest average as a quick signal—not a final judgment on the GPU.

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How to read this

Values use the same weekly community averages as the detailed chart.

Weekly movement can reflect project mix, available work units, drivers, or operating systems rather than a lasting hardware change.
Use the detailed chart to compare operating systems and work-unit availability across the full period.

12-week range: 2,953,231 to 2,953,231 PPD
Latest weekly average: 2,953,231 PPD

12 WEEK AVG PPD CHANGE VS. WORK UNITS AVAILABLE - GeForce RTX 3060

GPU PPD average changes week to week for a number of reasons such as credit for type of projects/causes available, variance in work unit difficulty, OS/GPU drivers, folding cores, GPU models, clocks, power targets etc.

The chart below serves as a way to see historical week to week performance change as PPD for a GPU is never a constant, as the work units processed are always changing.

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.

24 HOUR WU ALLOCATION

Research	Percent
No Data For This Reporting Period.

7 DAY WU ALLOCATION

Research	Percent
PEPTIDOMIMETIC CD40L BINDING	65.85%
CANCER	34.15%

12 WEEK WU ALLOCATION

Research	Percent
PEPTIDOMIMETIC CD40L BINDING	76.56%
CANCER	23.44%

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.

Power and cost planning

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 computer's power usage.

Current GPU power consumption snapshot

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	675,150	$0.41	$0.148

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	Nickname	Points Average	Work Units Average	Power Usage kWh	Power Cost at $0.10 per kWh
Day	PPD	2,754,613	7.70	4.08 kWh	$0.41
Week	PPW	19,282,291	53.89	28.56 kWh	$2.86
Month	PPM	83,786,145	234.16	124.10 kWh	$12.41
Year	PPY	1,005,433,745	2809.97	1489.20 kWh	$148.92

Reading the averages

Why your PPD may differ

PPD is a guide, not a fixed result. Daily output changes with the work-unit mix, including project, points, atom count, and deadline, as well as system conditions such as OS, drivers, clocks, thermals, and power limits.

Compare the five highest and lowest sampled project averages for GeForce RTX 3060 using community samples collected through the LAR.SYSTEMS V8 Web Client.

Highest sampled PPD

PPD Rank	Project ID	Cause Research	PPD Average	Points WU Average	WUs Day Average	WU Time Average
1	15092	alzheimers	14,062,500	31,250	450.00	0 ^hrs 3 ^mins
2	18224	alzheimers	3,246,844	806,623	4.03	5 ^hrs 58 ^mins
3	15403	cancer	3,211,488	71,723	44.78	0 ^hrs 32 ^mins
4	18228	cancer	3,168,049	458,805	6.91	3 ^hrs 29 ^mins
5	15506	peptidomimetic-cd40l-binding	2,930,090	42,602	68.78	0 ^hrs 21 ^mins

Lowest sampled PPD

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

GeForce RTX 3060FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE