NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6700 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

AMD Radeon RX 6700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 175 Watt

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 9 Jun 2021
Pipelines	3584 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 175 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 352.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 8 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2019 vs 1578
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 970
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19229 vs 15339

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1941 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2019 vs 1578
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 970
PassMark - G3D Mark	19229 vs 15339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1578

2019

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

970

1060

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15339

19229

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1578	2019
PassMark - G2D Mark	970	1060
PassMark - G3D Mark	15339	19229
Geekbench - OpenCL		92398

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 22
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	9 Jun 2021
Place in performance rating	74	71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2450 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1941 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3584	2304
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	156.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	352.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	17200 million
Compute units		36
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		705.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		22.58 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		11.29 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	110 mm, 4.3 inches
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	320.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	160 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6