AMD Radeon RX 6700M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700M

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 324.0 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)
Core clock speed 1489 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate 324.0 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)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 564
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 13560
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 78243
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 16145
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 16145
  • Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 1845
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 180 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 10 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 564
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 13560
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 vs 78243
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 16145
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 16145
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961 vs 1845

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
564
971
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13560
17107
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78243
88251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16145
22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16145
22495
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1845
1961
Name AMD Radeon RX 6700M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark 564 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 13560 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 78243 88251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16145 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16145 22495
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1845 1961
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6700M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 22 GA106
Place in performance rating 126 134
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch date 12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1777 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1489 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 648.0 GFLOPS (1:16) 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.74 TFLOPS (2:1) 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.37 TFLOPS 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 3584
Pixel fill rate 144.0 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 324.0 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 17200 million 13250 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Form factor Dual-slot
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin
Width 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 10 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 160 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6