Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
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
17
9
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
20
15
10
n/a
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
14
12
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
16
13
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
11
10
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High10012
1080p Ultra8010
1440p Ultra58-
4K Ultra32-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
939
Time Spy87481074
Solar Bay40964n/a
Port Royal5142n/a
Fire Strike223083399
Night Raid9883113201
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
14408
Background Blur149.6 frames/s33.7 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s15.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec0.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec0.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.21 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec54.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps1957.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
2250
G2D Mark961568
DirectX 11128 fps16 fps
DirectX 1269 fps11 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s1215 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 7, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ampere Raven
Codename GA106 n/a
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1500-2000 MHz
Shader Units 3584 448
TMUs 112 28
ROPs 48 8
Execution Units 28 7
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores 112 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 12-16 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 42-56 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 1.3-1.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 IGP
TGP 170 W 10-45 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² n/a
Transistor count 12 billion n/a
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² n/a

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 RX Vega 7
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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