NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 580 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 Ti

AMD Radeon RX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 4864 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 8827
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 767
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 39028
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 116.142
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 1022.932
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 9.235
Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 84.034
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 607.721
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 11281
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3695
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 11281
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3695
2.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1005

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4864 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	20394 vs 8827
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 767
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075 vs 39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	323.141 vs 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4756.579 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	35.311 vs 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	150.943 vs 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1474.189 vs 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	27478 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	27478 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2671 vs 1005

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 200 Watt
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

20394

8827

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

989

767

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

109075

39028

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

323.141

116.142

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4756.579

1022.932

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.311

9.235

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

150.943

84.034

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1474.189

607.721

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27478

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27478

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3349

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2671

1005

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	20394	8827
PassMark - G2D Mark	989	767
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075	39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	323.141	116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4756.579	1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	35.311	9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	150.943	84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1474.189	607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	27478	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	27478	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2671	1005

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 4.0
Code name	GA104	Polaris 20
Launch date	1 Dec 2020	18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$229
Place in performance rating	104	341
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	2304
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
Bridgeless CrossFire
API support
DirectX	12.2	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready