NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 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 Radeon RX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 12384
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 735
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 59213
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 14115
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 14115

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 21 Jan 2020
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 12384
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 735
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251 vs 59213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22495 vs 14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495 vs 14115

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 170 Watt
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7991 vs 3717
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 19735 vs 3356
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7991 vs 3717
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 19735 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17107

12384

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

735

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

88251

59213

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22495

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

19735

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22495

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

19735

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	AMD Radeon RX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107	12384
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	735
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251	59213
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22495	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	19735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	19735
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8785

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	AMD Radeon RX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 10
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	21 Jan 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	132	129
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	2048
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	199.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	10300 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6