NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 5600 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

AMD Radeon RX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13389 vs 11959
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79058 vs 60737
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 14115
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 7991
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 14115
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 7991

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 21 Jan 2020
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13389 vs 11959
Geekbench - OpenCL	79058 vs 60737
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21278 vs 14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8913 vs 7991
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21278 vs 14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8913 vs 7991

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1130 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 199.7 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 589
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 19735 vs 8054
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 19735 vs 8054

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1130 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	683 vs 589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735 vs 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735 vs 8054

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13389

11959

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

683

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

79058

60737

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21278

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8913

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8054

19735

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21278

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8913

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8054

19735

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	13389	11959
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	683
Geekbench - OpenCL	79058	60737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	339.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3898.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	27.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	155.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1167.569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21278	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8913	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054	19735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21278	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8913	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054	19735
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8237

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 10
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	129	125
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1282 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	817 MHz	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.846 TFLOPS	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	2048
Pixel fill rate	61.54 GPixel/s	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s	199.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	10300 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		350 Watt
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready