AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

• Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
• 2.4x more core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 817 MHz
• 2x more boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1282 MHz
• 2.2x more texture fill rate: 331.4 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 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16485 vs 13389
• Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 917 vs 589
• Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81404 vs 79058
• Around 16% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9579 vs 8237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

• Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
• 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 160 Watt
• Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 15486
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3728
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3367
• Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 15486
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3728
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	16485 13389
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	917 589
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	81404 79058
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15486 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3728 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3367 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15486 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3728 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3367 8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	9579 8237

Compare specifications (specs)