NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
• Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 250 Watt
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 16162
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 16162

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

• Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
• Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1777 MHz
• 2.5x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
• Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
• Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
• Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22131 vs 17107
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 988 vs 971
• Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 129479 vs 88251
• Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 299.369
• Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 28.778
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 188.944
• Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1152.664
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3373 vs 3356
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3373 vs 3356
• Around 63% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3188 vs 1961

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	17107 22131
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	971 988
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	88251 129479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	299.369 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.778 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	188.944 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1152.664 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1961 3188

Compare specifications (specs)