AMD Radeon RX 6600S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600S and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6600S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600S

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

2.1x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1792
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 520
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13344 vs 12445
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78895 vs 66815

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3840 vs 1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	591 vs 520
PassMark - G3D Mark	13344 vs 12445
Geekbench - OpenCL	78895 vs 66815

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

520

591

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12445

13344

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66815

78895

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6600S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	520	591
PassMark - G3D Mark	12445	13344
Geekbench - OpenCL	66815	78895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		328.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3384.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		25.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		149.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		972.722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8230

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6600S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 23	GA106
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	147	144
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1282 MHz
Compute units	28
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	1792	3840
Pixel fill rate	128.0 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		9.846 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready