AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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 7800 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1777 MHz
  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1169 vs 971
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24198 vs 17107
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140136 vs 88251
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4157 vs 1961
  • Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 500.918 vs 299.369
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.482 vs 28.778
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 530.303 vs 188.944
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2259.753 vs 1152.664
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Boost clock speed 2430 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate 583.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3840 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1169 vs 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 24198 vs 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 140136 vs 88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4157 vs 1961
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.918 vs 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.482 vs 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 530.303 vs 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2259.753 vs 1152.664

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1295 MHz
  • Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 263 Watt
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 263 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1169
971
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
24198
17107
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
140136
88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4157
1961
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
500.918
299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.482
28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
530.303
188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2259.753
1152.664
Name AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark 1169 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 24198 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 140136 88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4157 1961
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.918 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.482 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 530.303 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2259.753 1152.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382
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 7800 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 24 134
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2430 MHz 1777 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1295 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 3840 3584
Pixel fill rate 233.3 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 583.2 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 263 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, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 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) 600 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 111 mm, 4.4 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 16 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 624.1 GB/s 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6