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
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 6700 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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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 |