Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon 680M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs AMD Radeon 680M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon 680M
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
110
67
60
39
42
23
17
10
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
19
21
10
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
39
23
20
n/a
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
33
27
19
9
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
18
12
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
27
24
19
10
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
19
11
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
19
15
10
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
25
24
17
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High10027
1080p Ultra8020
1440p Ultra5814
4K Ultra32-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Time Spy87482337
Solar Bay4096410075
Port Royal51421022
Fire Strike223086948
Night Raid9883127970
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Background Blur149.6 frames/s73.8 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec105 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps4640 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
G2D Mark961751
DirectX 11128 fps45 fps
DirectX 1269 fps22 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s2163 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps142 fps
Car Chase492.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1940.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22862.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Codename GA106 Rembrandt
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 2200-2400 MHz
Shader Units 3584 768
TMUs 112 48
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 28 12
Ray Tracing Cores 28 12
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 70-77 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 106-115 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 170 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 62.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 12 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a

API

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

Results

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