AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
79
45
34
20
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
58
44
27
15
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
87
64
45
19
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
63
50
37
19
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
36
26
21
11
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
43
28
15
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
33
28
17
9
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
33
29
15
n/a
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
65
57
31
19
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High56126
1080p Ultra43103
1440p Ultra2877
4K Ultra1544
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
4432
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy485711708
Solar Bayn/a54344
Port Royaln/a6969
Fire Strike1438229561
Night Raid60149109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
43831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur93.3 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection48.3 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.68 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.43 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.99 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.48 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching144.1 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5990 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
9104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark775988
DirectX 1156 fps163 fps
DirectX 1240 fps79 fps
GPU Compute4520 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)353.5 fps733.4 fps
Car Chasen/a614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a523.6 fps
T-Rexn/a2676.1 fps
ALU 2n/a3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 12, 2019 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 14 GA104
Price 169 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1845 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1408 4864
TMUs 88 152
ROPs 32 80
Execution Units n/a 38
Ray Tracing Cores No 38
Tensor Cores No 152
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 162 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.2 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 130 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 158 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 37.97 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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