AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
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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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
 Forza Horizon 5 | 79 45 34 20 | 110 67 60 39 |
 The Witcher 3 | 58 44 27 15 | 124 101 75 37 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 87 64 45 19 | 184 131 96 47 |
 Far Cry 6 | 63 50 37 19 | 93 85 64 38 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 36 26 21 11 | 68 56 40 20 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 50 43 28 15 | 83 73 50 34 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 33 28 17 9 | 65 48 37 21 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 33 29 15 n/a | 69 61 36 15 |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65 57 31 19 | 107 98 68 37 |
| 1080p High | 56 | 100 |
| 1080p Ultra | 43 | 80 |
| 1440p Ultra | 28 | 58 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 | 32 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 4857 | 8748 |
| Solar Bay | n/a | 40964 |
| Port Royal | n/a | 5142 |
| Fire Strike | 14382 | 22308 |
| Night Raid | 60149 | 98831 |
| Background Blur | 93.3 frames/s | 149.6 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 48.3 frames/s | 91 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 1.68 Gpix/sec | 4.07 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.43 Gpix/sec | 5.58 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.99 Gpix/sec | 3.92 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.48 Gpix/sec | 1.01 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 144.1 Gpix/sec | 372.9 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 5990 fps | 12226.3 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 775 | 961 |
| DirectX 11 | 56 fps | 128 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 40 fps | 69 fps |
| GPU Compute | 4520 Ops/s | 8428 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 353.5 fps | 555.5 fps |
| Car Chase | n/a | 492.3 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | n/a | 407.9 fps |
| T-Rex | n/a | 1940.6 fps |
| ALU 2 | n/a | 2862.2 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | n/a | 295.2 fps |
| API | Vulkan | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | n/a | 2965.4 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | December, 12, 2019 | January, 12, 2021 |
| Form Factor | PC use | PC use |
| Use case | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | Ampere |
| Codename | Navi 14 | GA106 |
| Price | 169 | 329 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 1607 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 1845 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shader Units | 1408 | 3584 |
| TMUs | 88 | 112 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Execution Units | n/a | 28 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | No | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | No | 112 |
| L1 cache | n/a | 128 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 2000 KB/core | 3000 KB/core |
| Instructions per Clock | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 59 Gpix/sec | 85 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 162 GTex/s | 199 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 5.2 TFLOPS | 12.7 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 130 W | 170 W |
| Process | TSMC | Samsung |
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistor Size | 158 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor count | 6 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor density | 37.97 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Interface | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Frequency | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Bus | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 MB/s | 15000 MB/s |
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 12 GB |
Max Throughput
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| CUDA | n/a | 8.6 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 2 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 the clear winner in this comparison.
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