NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon Pro W6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon Pro W6600 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

AMD Radeon Pro W6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1792
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 8 Jun 2021
Pipelines	3584 vs 1792
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 2903 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 325.1 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 31% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 972
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15662 vs 15358

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2903 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	325.1 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 972
PassMark - G3D Mark	15662 vs 15358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W6600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

972

989

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15358

15662

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon Pro W6600
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7428
PassMark - G2D Mark	972	989
PassMark - G3D Mark	15358	15662
Geekbench - OpenCL		72764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		270.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4980.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		20.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		135.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1054.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20826
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		15778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		42325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20826
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		15778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		42325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon Pro W6600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 23
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	8 Jun 2021
Place in performance rating	64	65
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2903 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	2200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3584	1792
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	185.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	325.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		650.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		20.81 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.40 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 6-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	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6