AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
- Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1777 MHz
- Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 331.4 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 6% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 170 Watt
- Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 30 Jul 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021 |
| Core clock speed | 1968 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2589 MHz vs 1777 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 331.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 160 Watt vs 170 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3728 vs 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3367 vs 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3728 vs 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3367 vs 3356 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 16471
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 911
- Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 82703
- Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.664 vs 706.665
- Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 15486
- Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 15486
- Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 1804
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 2048 |
| Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 8 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 17107 vs 16471 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 971 vs 911 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 88251 vs 82703 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1152.664 vs 706.665 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 22495 vs 15486 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 22495 vs 15486 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1961 vs 1804 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 16471 | 17107 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 911 | 971 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 82703 | 88251 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 706.665 | 1152.664 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 15486 | 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3728 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3367 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 15486 | 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3728 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3367 | 3356 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1804 | 1961 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 299.369 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 4021.382 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 28.778 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 188.944 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Code name | Navi 23 XT | GA106 |
| Launch date | 30 Jul 2021 | 12 Jan 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $329 |
| Place in performance rating | 191 | 134 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
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| Boost clock speed | 2589 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Compute units | 32 | |
| Core clock speed | 1968 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 662.8 GFLOPS (1:16) | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 21.21 TFLOPS (2:1) | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 10.60 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 3584 |
| Pixel fill rate | 165.7 GPixel/s | 85.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 331.4 GTexel/s | 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 160 Watt | 170 Watt |
| Transistor count | 11060 million | 13250 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 190 mm (7.5 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 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) | 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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