NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 16849
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 16849

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

• Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1320 MHz
• Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
• 3.3x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
• Around 29% higher pipelines: 4608 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 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 17107
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 971
• Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 88251
• Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 299.369
• Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 28.778
• Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 188.944
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1152.664
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3374 vs 3356
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3374 vs 3356
• Around 88% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 1961

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	17107 25004
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	971 1025
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	88251 154220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	299.369 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.778 52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	188.944 291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1152.664 2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1961 3689

Compare specifications (specs)