AMD Radeon Pro W6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6800

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2507 MHz vs 1777 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 601.7 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 12 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19919 vs 17107
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 131707 vs 88335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jun 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	2075 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19919 vs 17107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL	131707 vs 88335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 934
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 20988
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 20988

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22495 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495 vs 20988

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

934

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19919

17107

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20988

22495

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20988

22495

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

131707

88335

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark	934	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	19919	17107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20988	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20988	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3356
Geekbench - OpenCL	131707	88335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		304.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4024.711
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		28.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		187.542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1141.654
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8754

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 21	GA106
Launch date	8 Jun 2021	12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$2249	$329
Place in performance rating	108	127
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	2075 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1203 GFLOPS (1:16)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	38.51 TFLOPS (2:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.25 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	3584
Pixel fill rate	240.7 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm (2 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)	850 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6