NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 2 month(s) later
• 5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 300 Watt
• Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 16849
• 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 3374
• Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 16849
• 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 3374

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

• 2.2x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 817 MHz
• Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1282 MHz
• 4.2x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
• Around 20% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3840
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
• 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
• Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
• Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 13253
• Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 589
• Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 78982
• Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 330.903
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 26.167
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 143.293
• 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 979.608
• 2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 1821

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	13253 25004
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	589 1025
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	78982 154220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	330.903 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	26.167 52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	143.293 291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	979.608 2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21278 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8913 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8054 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21278 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8913 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8054 3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1821 3689

Compare specifications (specs)