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 3 year(s) 2 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
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB | AMD Radeon RX 6800M |
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| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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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 | 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 |