AMD Radeon RX 7600S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600S 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 7600S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600S

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 72% higher boost clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 246.4 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 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 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 786 vs 589
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15510 vs 13253
Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1888 vs 1821

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	246.4 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 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	786 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	15510 vs 13253
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1888 vs 1821

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

2.1x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1792
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78982 vs 64780

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3840 vs 1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	78982 vs 64780

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

64780

78982

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

786

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15510

13253

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1888

1821

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	64780	78982
PassMark - G2D Mark	786	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	15510	13253
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1888	1821
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		330.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3461.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		26.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		143.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		979.608
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 7600S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 33	GA106
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	142	144
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	1282 MHz
Compute units	28
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	492.8 GFLOPS (1:32)	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.54 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.77 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1792	3840
Pixel fill rate	140.8 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	246.4 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	13300 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 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	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