AMD Radeon 8060S vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 8060S, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 8060S and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a100
1080p Ultran/a80
1440p Ultran/a58
4K Ultran/a32
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 8060S
9359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy97648748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royaln/a5142
Fire Strike2270722308
Night Raidn/a98831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 8060S
93515
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur232.1 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection122.5 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.92 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.07 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.49 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.08 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching396.3 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13016.5 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 8060S
15946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1194961
DirectX 11146 fps128 fps
DirectX 1275 fps69 fps
GPU Compute8145 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 8060S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a555.5 fps
Car Chasen/a492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a407.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1940.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Ampere
Codename Strix Halo GA106
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2900 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3584
TMUs 160 112
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 40 28
Ray Tracing Cores 40 28
Tensor Cores n/a 112
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 232 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 464 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.7 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 45-120 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size 441.7 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count n/a 12 billion
Transistor density n/a 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1875 MHz
Bus n/a 192 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 15000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 8060S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

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

Results

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Survey

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