Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
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
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High100155
1080p Ultra80127
1440p Ultra5894
4K Ultra3255
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy874816983
Solar Bay4096464114
Port Royal51429710
Fire Strike2230839013
Night Raid98831155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur149.6 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9611191
DirectX 11128 fps187 fps
DirectX 1269 fps57 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fpsn/a
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
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2965.4n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 4.0
Codename GA106 Navi 44
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2048
TMUs 112 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 28 32
Ray Tracing Cores 28 32
Tensor Cores 112 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 170 W 160 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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