NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs AMD Radeon Pro V520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and AMD Radeon Pro V520 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

AMD Radeon Pro V520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 959 vs 525
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16898 vs 12258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 1 Dec 2020
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Pipelines	3584 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	959 vs 525
PassMark - G3D Mark	16898 vs 12258

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro V520

Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 230.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm

Texture fill rate	230.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro V520

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

959

525

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16898

12258

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD Radeon Pro V520
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1996
PassMark - G2D Mark	959	525
PassMark - G3D Mark	16898	12258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		16807
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		16807
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		37642
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		37642
Geekbench - OpenCL		62815

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD Radeon Pro V520
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 12
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	1 Dec 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	69	67
Type	Desktop	Server
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	460.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.75 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	7.373 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	2304
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	102.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	230.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million
Compute units		36
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	111 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2