AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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 7 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 vs 1 Dec 2020
Core clock speed 1968 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 2589 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 3360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • 2.4x more pipelines: 4864 vs 2048
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 16471
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 911
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 82703
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 706.665
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 15486
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 15486
  • Around 48% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1804
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4864 vs 2048
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 16471
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 911
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 82703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 vs 706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 15486
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 vs 1804

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16471
20394
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
911
989
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
82703
109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
706.665
1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1804
2671
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 16471 20394
PassMark - G2D Mark 911 989
Geekbench - OpenCL 82703 109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 706.665 1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1804 2671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 23 XT GA104
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 1 Dec 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $399
Place in performance rating 191 104
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2589 MHz 1665 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1968 MHz 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 662.8 GFLOPS (1:16) 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21.21 TFLOPS (2:1) 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.60 TFLOPS 16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048 4864
Pixel fill rate 165.7 GPixel/s 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s 253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 110 mm (4.3 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 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6