AMD Radeon RX 590 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 590 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
79
42
33
19
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
54
47
26
15
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
93
64
42
20
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
34
30
15
n/a
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
55
34
17
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High57100
1080p Ultra4380
1440p Ultra2858
4K Ultra1532
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy47788748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royaln/a5142
Fire Strike1652422308
Night Raid6205998831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur69 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection38.2 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6238 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark788961
DirectX 1165 fps128 fps
DirectX 1246 fps69 fps
GPU Compute3900 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)345.4 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase328.1 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)275.6 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex1275.2 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 21417.7 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2266.8 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1012.62965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 15, 2018 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 30 GA106
Price 279 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2304 3584
TMUs 144 112
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 49 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 170 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 12 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 2000 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 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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