AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 82% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1425 MHz
  • Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 171.0 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 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1968 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 2589 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s vs 171.0 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 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

  • Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20611 vs 15486
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 3728
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7929 vs 3367
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20611 vs 15486
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 3728
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7929 vs 3367
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 3840 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20611 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8917 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7929 vs 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20611 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8917 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7929 vs 3367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
7929
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 16495
PassMark - G2D Mark 917
Geekbench - OpenCL 81432
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 7929
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9578

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 23 XT GA106
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $379
Place in performance rating 157 114
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2589 MHz 1425 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1968 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 662.8 GFLOPS (1:16) 171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21.21 TFLOPS (2:1) 10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.60 TFLOPS 10.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048 3840
Pixel fill rate 165.7 GPixel/s 68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s 171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 12000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches) PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready