AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

  • Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1777 MHz
  • Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 352.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1069 vs 960
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19327 vs 16985
  • Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11162 vs 9000
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1941 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed 2450 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate 352.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1069 vs 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 19327 vs 16985
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11162 vs 9000

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
Launch date 1 Sep 2021 vs 9 Jun 2021
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 10 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1069
960
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19327
16985
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11162
9000
Name AMD Radeon RX 6700 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
PassMark - G2D Mark 1069 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 19327 16985
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11162 9000
Geekbench - OpenCL 91897

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 22 GA104
Launch date 9 Jun 2021 1 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating 53 52
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2450 MHz 1777 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1941 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 705.6 GFLOPS (1:16) 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 22.58 TFLOPS (2:1) 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 11.29 TFLOPS 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 3584
Pixel fill rate 156.8 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 352.8 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 17200 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 110 mm, 4.3 inches 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 320.0 GB/s 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 160 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6