NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590 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 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 222.48 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 9374
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 789
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 45591
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 137.469
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 2083.862
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 12.352
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 139.477
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 762.142
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 13383
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 13383
  • 2.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1081
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 15 November 2018
Boost clock speed 1665 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s vs 222.48 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 9374
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 789
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 45591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 vs 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 vs 2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 vs 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 vs 139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 vs 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 vs 1081

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • 4.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Core clock speed 1469 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 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 590

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20394
9374
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
789
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
109075
45591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
323.141
137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4756.579
2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.311
12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.943
139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.189
762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
1081
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 9374
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 789
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 45591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 1081

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AMD Radeon RX 590

Essentials

Architecture Ampere GCN 4.0
Code name GA104 Polaris 30
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 15 November 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $279
Place in performance rating 104 280
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1545 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1469 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 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
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s 49.54 GP/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s 222.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 175 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
Floating-point performance 7.1 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
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 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
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support