Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs AMD Radeon RX 6600M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX 6600M
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
117
62
51
32
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
97
78
49
30
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
159
108
78
39
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
89
75
54
28
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
56
47
34
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
76
70
45
29
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
62
47
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
60
50
28
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
104
91
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High10091
1080p Ultra8070
1440p Ultra5848
4K Ultra3226
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
7049
Time Spy87488026
Solar Bay4096430125
Port Royal51423872
Fire Strike2230823197
Night Raid9883196578
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
71125
Background Blur149.6 frames/s176.1 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s102.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec2.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec2.8 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec313.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps8768.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
13924
G2D Mark961725
DirectX 11128 fps136 fps
DirectX 1269 fps52 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s5724 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
89.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps606.7 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps538.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps436.9 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps2051.3 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps2178.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps194 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.41723.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 June, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Codename GA106 Navi 23
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 1489 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1520-2177 MHz
Shader Units 3584 1792
TMUs 112 112
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 28 28
Ray Tracing Cores 28 28
Tensor Cores 112 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 85 Gpix/sec 97-139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 170-244 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 5.4-7.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 170 W 50-100 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 11.06 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 46.67 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
224 GB/s

API

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

Results

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