AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 2755 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 352.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 968
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17302 vs 17071

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 1 Sep 2021
Core clock speed	1980 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2755 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	352.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007 vs 968
PassMark - G3D Mark	17302 vs 17071

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 190 Watt

Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

968

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17302

17071

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	968
PassMark - G3D Mark	17302	17071
Geekbench - OpenCL	83263
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8975

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 33	GA104
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	1 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating	50	51
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2755 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	2048	3584
Pixel fill rate	176.3 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.6 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	204 mm, 8 inches	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6