AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 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
76
38
33
15
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High52126
1080p Ultra39103
1440p Ultra2677
4K Ultra1344
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy435311708
Solar Bayn/a54344
Port Royal5276969
Fire Strike1497929561
Night Raid56876109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur59.5 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark767988
DirectX 1160 fps163 fps
DirectX 1243 fps79 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a733.4 fps
Car Chasen/a614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a523.6 fps
T-Rexn/a2676.1 fps
ALU 2n/a3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 20 GA104
Price 229 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 2304 4864
TMUs 144 152
ROPs 32 80
Execution Units n/a 38
Ray Tracing Cores No 38
Tensor Cores No 152
L1 cache 16 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 185 W 200 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 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.

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