AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 - 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), 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
- Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1777 MHz
- Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 279.0 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 29% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 170 Watt
- Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5472.868 vs 4021.382
- Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 290.312 vs 188.944
- 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 26778 vs 3717
- 20.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 69225 vs 3356
- 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 26778 vs 3717
- 20.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 69225 vs 3356
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 Oct 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021 |
| Core clock speed | 1626 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2491 MHz vs 1777 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 279.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 132 Watt vs 170 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5472.868 vs 4021.382 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 290.312 vs 188.944 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 26778 vs 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 69225 vs 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 26778 vs 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 69225 vs 3356 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- 2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1792
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
- Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 15097
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 882
- Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 73020
- Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 299.369 vs 260.061
- Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 28.778 vs 20.421
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 19713
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 19713
- Around 31% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 1492
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 1792 |
| Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 8 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 17107 vs 15097 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 971 vs 882 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 88251 vs 73020 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 299.369 vs 260.061 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 28.778 vs 20.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1152.664 vs 1152.228 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 22495 vs 19713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 22495 vs 19713 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1961 vs 1492 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6600 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 15097 | 17107 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 882 | 971 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 73020 | 88251 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 260.061 | 299.369 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5472.868 | 4021.382 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 20.421 | 28.778 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 290.312 | 188.944 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1152.228 | 1152.664 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 19713 | 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 26778 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 69225 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 19713 | 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 26778 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 69225 | 3356 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1492 | 1961 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Code name | Navi 23 XL | GA106 |
| Launch date | 13 Oct 2021 | 12 Jan 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $329 |
| Place in performance rating | 38 | 134 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
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| Boost clock speed | 2491 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Compute units | 28 | |
| Core clock speed | 1626 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1) | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 8.928 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 1792 | 3584 |
| Pixel fill rate | 159.4 GPixel/s | 85.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 279.0 GTexel/s | 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 132 Watt | 170 Watt |
| Transistor count | 11060 million | 13250 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x 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) | 300 Watt | 450 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Width | 110 mm (4.3 inches) | 112 mm (4.4 inches) |
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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 | 224 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) | 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |