AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 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 - 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 6700 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- Around 76% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 413.0 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 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19824 vs 17107
- Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 100473 vs 88251
- Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 349.422 vs 299.369
- Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7129.567 vs 4021.382
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 34.064 vs 28.778
- Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 197.183 vs 188.944
- Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1699.337 vs 1152.664
- 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 18062 vs 3717
- 15.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 50772 vs 3356
- 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 18062 vs 3717
- 15.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 50772 vs 3356
- Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2435 vs 1961
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 Mar 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021 |
| Core clock speed | 2321 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 413.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 19824 vs 17107 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 100473 vs 88251 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 349.422 vs 299.369 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 7129.567 vs 4021.382 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 34.064 vs 28.778 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 197.183 vs 188.944 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1699.337 vs 1152.664 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 18062 vs 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 50772 vs 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 18062 vs 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 50772 vs 3356 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2435 vs 1961 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2560
- Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 230 Watt
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 946
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 15315
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 15315
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 2560 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt vs 230 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 971 vs 946 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 22495 vs 15315 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 22495 vs 15315 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 19824 | 17107 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 946 | 971 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 100473 | 88251 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 349.422 | 299.369 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 7129.567 | 4021.382 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 34.064 | 28.778 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 197.183 | 188.944 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1699.337 | 1152.664 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 15315 | 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 18062 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 50772 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 15315 | 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 18062 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 50772 | 3356 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2435 | 1961 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Code name | Navi 22 | GA106 |
| Launch date | 3 Mar 2021 | 12 Jan 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $479 | $329 |
| Place in performance rating | 51 | 134 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
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| Boost clock speed | 2581 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Compute units | 40 | |
| Core clock speed | 2321 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16) | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 13.21 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 2560 | 3584 |
| Pixel fill rate | 165.2 GPixel/s | 85.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 413.0 GTexel/s | 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 230 Watt | 170 Watt |
| Transistor count | 17200 million | 13250 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm (10.5 inches) | 242 mm (9.5 inches) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 550 Watt | 450 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Width | 110 mm (4.3 inches) | 112 mm (4.4 inches) |
| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
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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 | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 384 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) | 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |