Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs AMD Radeon RX 6700M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX 6700M
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
131
73
59
37
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
120
98
66
36
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
186
129
91
46
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
102
88
67
35
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
67
57
43
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
92
86
58
38
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
75
59
44
22
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
70
61
36
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
123
110
75
35
Avg FPS
1080p High100107
1080p Ultra8085
1440p Ultra5860
4K Ultra3232
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
8914
Time Spy87489489
Solar Bay4096436239
Port Royal51424548
Fire Strike2230827927
Night Raid9883172638
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
92153
Background Blur149.6 frames/s209.2 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s115.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec3.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec4.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.94 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec327.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps13207.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
13624
G2D Mark961564
DirectX 11128 fps129 fps
DirectX 1269 fps65 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s5240 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
124.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps599.8 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps534.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps471.4 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps1870.3 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps2717.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps164.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.41798.3

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 High-end
Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Codename GA106 Navi 22
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 1489 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1720-2300 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2304
TMUs 112 144
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 28 36
Ray Tracing Cores 28 36
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 110-147 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 248-331 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 7.9-10.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 170 W 80-135 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 335 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 17.2 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 51.34 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 160 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
280 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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