AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
130
72
58
38
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High106100
1080p Ultra8380
1440p Ultra5958
4K Ultra3132
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy94258748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royaln/a5142
Fire Strike2753522308
Night Raid10314198831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur148 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark921961
DirectX 11117 fps128 fps
DirectX 1265 fps69 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex2407 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.42965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 10 GA106
Price 399 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3584
TMUs 160 112
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 4000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 225 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 1750 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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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Survey

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3 (75%)
1 (25%)
Total Votes: 4

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