AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1437 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2608 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 333.8 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 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2040 vs 1961

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1437 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2608 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	333.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2040 vs 1961

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 819
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 13083
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 73186

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 819
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 13083
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251 vs 73186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

819

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13083

17107

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73186

88251

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2040

1961

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark	819	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	13083	17107
Geekbench - OpenCL	73186	88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2040	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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 33	GA106
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	138	137
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2608 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1437 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	2048	3584
Pixel fill rate	166.9 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	333.8 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	13250 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	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		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	8 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