AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1425 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Around 11% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3456
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 245 Watt

Pipelines	3840 vs 3456
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 32	GA106
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	53	117
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1425 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3456	3840
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s	68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.94 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches	PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	135 mm, 5.3 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	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready