NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 - 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 RX 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1777 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3188 vs 1577
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 988 vs 971
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22131 vs 15295

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3188 vs 1577
PassMark - G2D Mark	988 vs 971
PassMark - G3D Mark	22131 vs 15295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1577

3188

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

988

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15295

22131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577	3188
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	988
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295	22131
Geekbench - OpenCL		129479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 21
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	82	84
Launch price (MSRP)		$579
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2105 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3584	3840
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	26800 million
Compute units		60
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		16.17 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	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	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6