AMD Radeon RX 7700S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700S 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 7700S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700S

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 320.0 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 70% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 12 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	320.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 970 vs 757
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15368 vs 15282

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	970 vs 757
PassMark - G3D Mark	15368 vs 15282

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

757

970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15282

15368

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	757	970
PassMark - G3D Mark	15282	15368
Geekbench - OpenCL	73256
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1578

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 33	GA106
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	12 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	76	73
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	2048	3584
Pixel fill rate	160.0 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	320.0 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 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