NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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 Vega 56 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1301 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 1 June 2018
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 170 Watt
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 3717
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 3717

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917 vs 3717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8917

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8917

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107
PassMark - G2D Mark	971
Geekbench - OpenCL	88177
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8780

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.0
Code name	GA106	Vega 10
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	1 June 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	137	140
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1301 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 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
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	12,500 million
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 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6