AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 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
112
59
47
28
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High89126
1080p Ultra68103
1440p Ultra4777
4K Ultra2544
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy763311708
Solar Bayn/a54344
Port Royaln/a6969
Fire Strike2231029561
Night Raid86630109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur123.2 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark870988
DirectX 1196 fps163 fps
DirectX 1252 fps79 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase465.4 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex1882.8 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 22438.2 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2278.93670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 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 10 GA104
Price 279 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 2304 4864
TMUs 144 152
ROPs 64 80
Execution Units n/a 38
Ray Tracing Cores No 38
Tensor Cores No 152
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 150 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 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.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (12.5%)
7 (87.5%)
Total Votes: 8

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