NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and AMD Radeon RX 6700M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 969 vs 582
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17094 vs 13368
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 180 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 10 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 969 vs 582
PassMark - G3D Mark 17094 vs 13368

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700M

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 324.0 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 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9503 vs 8967
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1489 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate 324.0 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 9503 vs 8967

Compare benchmarks

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

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8967
9503
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
969
582
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17094
13368
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 AMD Radeon RX 6700M
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8967 9503
PassMark - G2D Mark 969 582
PassMark - G3D Mark 17094 13368
Geekbench - OpenCL 77635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16145
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16145

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA104 Navi 22
Launch date 1 Sep 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 53 102
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 2250 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1489 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 648.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 20.74 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 10.37 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 2304
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 144.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 324.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 17200 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)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 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 10 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 160 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6