AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 599
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 1729

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 599
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 1729

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

599

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

17107

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark	599	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	1729	17107
Geekbench - OpenCL		88251
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1961

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Place in performance rating	226	134
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA106
Launch date		12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed		1777 MHz
Core clock speed		1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		8 nm
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
Pipelines		3584
Pixel fill rate		85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		170 Watt
Transistor count		13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Dual-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX		12.2
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		12 GB
Memory bandwidth		360 GB/s
Memory bus width		192 bit
Memory clock speed		1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type		GDDR6