NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1000 MHz
18.7x more pipelines: 3584 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 7 January 2018
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines	3584 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577
PassMark - G2D Mark	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5th gen
Code name	GA106	Vega Raven Ridge
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	7 January 2018
Place in performance rating	82	not rated
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	3584	192
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	4500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Shared memory		No