NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition 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 64 Limited Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1536 MHz
476.9x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 417.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 295 Watt

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 7 August 2017
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1536 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 417.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 295 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition

Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective

Pipelines	4096 vs 3584
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition
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 64 Limited Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.0
Code name	GA106	Vega 10
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	7 August 2017
Place in performance rating	82	not rated
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1536 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	3584	4096
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	417.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	295 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		13,353 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	282 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	1890 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2