AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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
112
59
47
28
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High89100
1080p Ultra6880
1440p Ultra4758
4K Ultra2532
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy76338748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royaln/a5142
Fire Strike2231022308
Night Raid8663098831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur123.2 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark870961
DirectX 1196 fps128 fps
DirectX 1252 fps69 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase465.4 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex1882.8 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 22438.2 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2278.92965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 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 10 GA106
Price 279 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2304 3584
TMUs 144 112
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores No 28
Tensor Cores No 112
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 150 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 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

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