NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 931 MHz
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1011 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 80.88 GTexel/s
2.8x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 968 vs 405
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17072 vs 4643

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 1 February 2018
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 931 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 80.88 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	968 vs 405
PassMark - G3D Mark	17072 vs 4643

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

968

405

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17072

4643

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8973
PassMark - G2D Mark	968	405
PassMark - G3D Mark	17072	4643

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 4.0
Code name	GA104	Polaris 22
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	1 February 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	51	252
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1011 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	931 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	161.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	2.588 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	2.588 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	1280
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	32.35 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	80.88 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	5000 million
Compute performance		20
Texture Units		65 Watt
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	IGP
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	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	1024 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)