NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 29% higher pipelines: 4608 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
2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19521 vs 7432
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1021 vs 969
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24994 vs 15366

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 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	19521 vs 7432
PassMark - G2D Mark	1021 vs 969
PassMark - G3D Mark	24994 vs 15366

Compare benchmarks

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

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7432

19521

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

969

1021

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15366

24994

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7432	19521
PassMark - G2D Mark	969	1021
PassMark - G3D Mark	15366	24994
Geekbench - OpenCL		153283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 21
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	67	66
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3584	4608
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	26800 million
Compute units		72
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		20.74 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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		50 mm (2 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