NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 504.6x more texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78982 vs 77476
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 330.903 vs 252.601
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 26.167 vs 24.769
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 14699
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3720
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3369
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 14699
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3720
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3369
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 7 July 2019
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 78982 vs 77476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 330.903 vs 252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167 vs 24.769
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 vs 14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 vs 14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3369

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

  • Around 96% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1905 MHz vs 1282 MHz
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16357 vs 13253
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 921 vs 589
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3949.565 vs 3461.767
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 254.777 vs 143.293
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1322.129 vs 979.608
  • Around 17% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2134 vs 1821
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1605 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed 1905 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16357 vs 13253
PassMark - G2D Mark 921 vs 589
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3949.565 vs 3461.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 254.777 vs 143.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1322.129 vs 979.608
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2134 vs 1821

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13253
16357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
921
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78982
77476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
330.903
252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3461.767
3949.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.167
24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
143.293
254.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
979.608
1322.129
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3369
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1821
2134
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 13253 16357
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 921
Geekbench - OpenCL 78982 77476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 330.903 252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3461.767 3949.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167 24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 143.293 254.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 979.608 1322.129
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 3369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 3369
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1821 2134

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA
Code name GA106 Navi 10
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 7 July 2019
Place in performance rating 144 162
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $400

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1905 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 1605 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1) 19.51 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS 9.75 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3840
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s 121.9 GP/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s 304.8 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 10.3 B
Compute units 40
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 2560
Texture Units 160

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)