NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 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, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2560
- Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 230 Watt
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 962 vs 939
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 Sep 2021 vs 3 Mar 2021 |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 2560 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt vs 230 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 962 vs 939 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
- Around 76% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 413.0 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
- Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
- Around 42% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12779 vs 9002
- Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19877 vs 17008
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 2321 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 413.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 12779 vs 9002 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 19877 vs 17008 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 9002 | 12779 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 962 | 939 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 17008 | 19877 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 98691 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 349.422 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 7129.567 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 34.064 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 197.183 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1699.337 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 15315 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 18062 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 50772 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 15315 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 18062 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 50772 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
| Code name | GA104 | Navi 22 |
| Launch date | 1 Sep 2021 | 3 Mar 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $479 |
| Place in performance rating | 52 | 49 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz | 2581 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1320 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) | 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) | 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 12.74 TFLOPS | 13.21 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 3584 | 2560 |
| Pixel fill rate | 85.30 GPixel/s | 165.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 199.0 GTexel/s | 413.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt | 230 Watt |
| Transistor count | 17400 million | 17200 million |
| Compute units | 40 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Width | 112 mm (4.4 inches) | 110 mm (4.3 inches) |
| Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 384 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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