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

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

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2560
  • Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 539
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15295 vs 13277
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 3584 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 539
PassMark - G3D Mark 15295 vs 13277

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 76% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 413.0 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 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
  • Around 42% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2238 vs 1577
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 12 Oct 2022
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2238 vs 1577

Compare benchmarks

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

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1577
2238
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
539
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15295
13277
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB AMD Radeon RX 6800M
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1577 2238
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 539
PassMark - G3D Mark 15295 13277
Geekbench - OpenCL 87735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18453
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 16764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18453
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 16764

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB AMD Radeon RX 6800M

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA106 Navi 22
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 2021
Place in performance rating 82 83
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 2581 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Pipelines 3584 2560
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 17200 million
Compute units 40
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin None
Width 112 mm, 4.4 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 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 240.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6