NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD FireStream 9370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD FireStream 9370 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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

AMD FireStream 9370

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 825 MHz
3015.2x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1600
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 40 nm
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 225 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 2528
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 763

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 23 June 2010
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1600
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 2528
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 763

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9370

2.5x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9370

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17107

2528

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

763

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	AMD FireStream 9370
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107	2528
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	763
Geekbench - OpenCL	88335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	304.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4024.711
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	28.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	187.542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1141.654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8755

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	AMD FireStream 9370
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	TeraScale 2
Code name	GA106	Cypress
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	23 June 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	127	129
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	1600
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	2,154 million
Floating-point performance		2,640.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5