AMD Radeon RX 6800M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800M 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, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon RX 6800M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 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)
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 18453 vs 3717
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 16764 vs 3356
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 18453 vs 3717
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 16764 vs 3356
Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2238 vs 1961

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	18453 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	16764 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	18453 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	16764 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2238 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 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 13277
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 539
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 87735
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 17137
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 17137

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 13277
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 539
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251 vs 87735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22495 vs 17137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495 vs 17137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13277

17107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

539

971

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87735

88251

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17137

22495

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18453

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16764

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17137

22495

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18453

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16764

3356

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2238

1961

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G3D Mark	13277	17107
PassMark - G2D Mark	539	971
Geekbench - OpenCL	87735	88251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17137	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	18453	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	16764	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17137	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	18453	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	16764	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2238	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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 22	GA106
Launch date	2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	83	134
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Form factor		Dual-slot
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
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	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 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