AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 253.1 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: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1169 vs 989
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24198 vs 20394
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140136 vs 109075
Around 56% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4157 vs 2671
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 500.918 vs 323.141
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.482 vs 35.311
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 530.303 vs 150.943
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2259.753 vs 1474.189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 1 Dec 2020
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169 vs 989
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198 vs 20394
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136 vs 109075
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157 vs 2671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918 vs 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482 vs 35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303 vs 150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753 vs 1474.189

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Around 27% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3840
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 263 Watt

Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Pipelines	4864 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 263 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1169

989

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24198

20394

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140136

109075

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4157

2671

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

500.918

323.141

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

43.482

35.311

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

530.303

150.943

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2259.753

1474.189

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169	989
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198	20394
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136	109075
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157	2671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918	323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482	35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303	150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753	1474.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4756.579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 32	GA104
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	1 Dec 2020
Place in performance rating	24	104
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	1665 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3840	4864
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		16.20 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	350 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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6