Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs AMD Radeon 780M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop, vs AMD Radeon 780M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop and AMD Radeon 780M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
107
67
53
36
51
26
22
12
The Witcher 3
115
96
69
37
29
25
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
170
126
92
45
46
27
19
n/a
Far Cry 6
88
78
63
32
39
31
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
61
50
38
19
20
15
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
66
46
31
35
29
20
12
Ghost of Tsushima
58
46
34
17
20
16
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
62
59
32
14
20
19
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
102
91
66
32
35
31
18
9
Avg FPS
1080p High9333
1080p Ultra7524
1440p Ultra5516
4K Ultra29-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Time Spy83262781
Solar Bay3702911162
Port Royal47081580
Fire Strike201827824
Night Raid7190533611
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Background Blur153.5 frames/s86.4 frames/s
Face Detection90 frames/s35.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.1 Gpix/sec1.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.77 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.35 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.41 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching385.9 Gpix/sec132.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12770 fps4470.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
G2D Mark589878
DirectX 11110 fps67 fps
DirectX 1258 fps31 fps
GPU Compute5759 Ops/s3719 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)537.5 fps183.4 fps
Car Chase465 fps202.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)398.2 fps161.6 fps
T-Rex1964.8 fps699.9 fps
ALU 22748.7 fps849.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2256.8 fps268.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2932.71373.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 4, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 3.0
Codename GA106 (GN20-E3) Phoenix

GPU

GPU Frequency 816-1387 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1283-1703 MHz 2700-2800 MHz
Shader Units 3840 768
TMUs 120 48
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 12
Ray Tracing Cores 30 12
Tensor Cores 120 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 62-82 Gpix/sec 86-90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 154-204 GTex/s 130-134 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 60-140 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 300 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 13.25 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 44.17 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

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