NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6600
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
- Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 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)
- Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1577 vs 1492
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 882
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15295 vs 15097
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 Oct 2022 vs 13 Oct 2021 |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 1792 |
| Memory clock speed | 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1577 vs 1492 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 971 vs 882 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 15295 vs 15097 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600
- Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1777 MHz
- Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 279.0 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 29% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 170 Watt
| Core clock speed | 1626 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2491 MHz vs 1777 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 279.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 132 Watt vs 170 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB | AMD Radeon RX 6600 |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1577 | 1492 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 971 | 882 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 15295 | 15097 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 73020 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 260.061 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5472.868 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 20.421 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 290.312 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1152.228 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 19713 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 26778 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 69225 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 19713 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 26778 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 69225 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB | AMD Radeon RX 6600 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
| Code name | GA106 | Navi 23 XL |
| Launch date | 12 Oct 2022 | 13 Oct 2021 |
| Place in performance rating | 82 | 38 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz | 2491 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1320 MHz | 1626 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Pipelines | 3584 | 1792 |
| Pixel fill rate | 85.30 GPixel/s | 159.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 199.0 GTexel/s | 279.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt | 132 Watt |
| Transistor count | 12000 million | 11060 million |
| Compute units | 28 | |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 8.928 TFLOPS | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 242 mm, 9.5 inches | 190 mm (7.5 inches) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | 300 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 |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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