AMD Radeon RX 570 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 570, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 570 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
65
37
28
17
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
44
38
19
10
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
62
46
33
12
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
51
44
30
15
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
27
20
15
n/a
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
44
38
24
15
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
28
20
14
n/a
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
27
27
13
n/a
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
26
13
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High44100
1080p Ultra3580
1440p Ultra2258
4K Ultra1132
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 570
3694
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy38548748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royaln/a5142
Fire Strike1344422308
Night Raid5038398831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 570
37147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur55.7 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection31.3 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.41 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.82 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.57 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.31 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching143.2 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5080.1 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 570
7968
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark724961
DirectX 1155 fps128 fps
DirectX 1239 fps69 fps
GPU Compute2965 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 570
48.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)274.6 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase259.3 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)219 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex1018.3 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 21061.7 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2150.4 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation795.92965.4

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 20 GA106
Price 169 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1168 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1244 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2048 3584
TMUs 128 112
ROPs 32 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 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 159 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.1 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 150 W 170 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 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 570
224 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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