NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon Graphics 384SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon Graphics 384SP 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

AMD Radeon Graphics 384SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4.4x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1700 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 40.80 GTexel/s
9.3x more pipelines: 3584 vs 384

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 13 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 40.80 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 384

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Graphics 384SP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 170 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Graphics 384SP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon Graphics 384SP
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577
PassMark - G2D Mark	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon Graphics 384SP
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.1
Code name	GA106	Cezanne
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	13 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	82	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3584	384
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	13.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	40.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	9800 million
Compute units		6
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		81.60 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		2.611 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		1306 GFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	IGP
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 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6