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.

AMD Radeon RX 6700

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

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: 1068 vs 959
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19301 vs 16963
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	1068 vs 959
PassMark - G3D Mark	19301 vs 16963
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

1068

959

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19301

16963

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	1068	959
PassMark - G3D Mark	19301	16963
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11162	9000
Geekbench - OpenCL	92106

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