AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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 8 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 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
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 987 vs 967
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17223 vs 15384
Around 52% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11297 vs 7434

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 12 Oct 2022
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 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	987 vs 967
PassMark - G3D Mark	17223 vs 15384
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11297 vs 7434

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

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 8 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

987

967

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17223

15384

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

11297

7434

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	987	967
PassMark - G3D Mark	17223	15384
Geekbench - OpenCL	84001
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11297	7434

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 33	GA106
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	12 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	67	64
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	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	240.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6