AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1777 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1150 vs 971
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22445 vs 17107
  • Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127132 vs 88251
  • Around 69% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3316 vs 1961
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed 2544 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1150 vs 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 22445 vs 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 127132 vs 88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3316 vs 1961

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3456
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 245 Watt
Pipelines 3584 vs 3456
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1150
971
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22445
17107
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
127132
88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3316
1961
Name AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark 1150 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 22445 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 127132 88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3316 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 7700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 32 GA106
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 53 134
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2544 MHz 1777 MHz
Compute units 54
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 3456 3584
Pixel fill rate 244.2 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 28100 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 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 50 mm, 2 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 135 mm, 5.3 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 12 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 432.0 GB/s 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6