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: 961 vs 940
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 961 vs 940

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: 12786 vs 9000
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19873 vs 16996
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 12786 vs 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark 19873 vs 16996

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
9000
12786
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
961
940
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16996
19873
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9000 12786
PassMark - G2D Mark 961 940
PassMark - G3D Mark 16996 19873
Geekbench - OpenCL 99133
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

Essentials

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 50
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

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 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 110 mm (4.3 inches)
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

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