AMD Radeon RX 560 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 560, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 560 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
34
17
15
n/a
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
15
15
9
n/a
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
33
19
15
n/a
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
28
19
13
n/a
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
13
11
n/a
n/a
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
26
22
17
9
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
n/a
n/a
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
12
10
n/a
n/a
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
19
13
n/a
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High22100
1080p Ultra1680
1440p Ultra1158
4K Ultra-32
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
1769
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy18578748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royaln/a5142
Fire Strike649522308
Night Raid2551098831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
19139
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur34 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection17.6 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.69 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.43 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.15 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2232.5 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 560
3657
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark487961
DirectX 1124 fps128 fps
DirectX 1220 fps69 fps
GPU Compute1449 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 560
25.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)144.3 fps555.5 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
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 21 GA106
Price 99 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1175 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1275 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 1024 3584
TMUs 64 112
ROPs 16 48
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores No 28
Tensor Cores No 112
L1 cache 16 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 75 W 170 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 123 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 24.39 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 560
112 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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