NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 570 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1282 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
  • Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13253 vs 6967
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78982 vs 36107
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 330.903 vs 105.688
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3461.767 vs 1083.926
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 26.167 vs 8.251
  • Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 143.293 vs 79.029
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 979.608 vs 520.089
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 9172
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3624
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3346
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 9172
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3624
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3346
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1821 vs 880
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed 1282 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13253 vs 6967
Geekbench - OpenCL 78982 vs 36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 330.903 vs 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3461.767 vs 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167 vs 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 143.293 vs 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 979.608 vs 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1821 vs 880

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 926-1168 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • 4.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 626 vs 589
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 926-1168 MHz vs 817 MHz
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 626 vs 589

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 570

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13253
6967
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
626
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78982
36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
330.903
105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3461.767
1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.167
8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
143.293
79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
979.608
520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1821
880
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 570
PassMark - G3D Mark 13253 6967
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 626
Geekbench - OpenCL 78982 36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 330.903 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3461.767 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 143.293 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 979.608 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1821 880

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 570

Essentials

Architecture Ampere GCN 4.0
Code name GA106 Polaris 20
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 144 405
Type Laptop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 59.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1206-1244 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 926-1168 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 2048
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s 39.81 GP/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s 159.23 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 5,700 million
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048
Texture Units 128

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)