AMD Radeon RX 6800S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800S 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6800S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800S

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 64% higher boost clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 268.8 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 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 590
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15721 vs 13298

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 590
PassMark - G3D Mark	15721 vs 13298

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79133 vs 72965
Around 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1824 vs 1691

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	79133 vs 72965
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1824 vs 1691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

720

590

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15721

13298

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

72965

79133

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1691

1824

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	720	590
PassMark - G3D Mark	15721	13298
Geekbench - OpenCL	72965	79133
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1691	1824
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	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	146	148
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	1282 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	537.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.20 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.602 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	3840
Pixel fill rate	134.4 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	12000 million
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	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready