AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
 Forza Horizon 5 | 84 46 33 20 | 110 67 60 39 |
 The Witcher 3 | 60 46 27 16 | 124 101 75 37 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 96 67 46 19 | 184 131 96 47 |
 Far Cry 6 | 65 55 40 19 | 93 85 64 38 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 38 29 20 10 | 68 56 40 20 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 51 45 29 19 | 83 73 50 34 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 37 28 21 10 | 65 48 37 21 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 36 33 19 n/a | 69 61 36 15 |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 69 61 36 18 | 107 98 68 37 |
| 1080p High | 60 | 100 |
| 1080p Ultra | 46 | 80 |
| 1440p Ultra | 30 | 58 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 | 32 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 4951 | 8748 |
| Solar Bay | 19979 | 40964 |
| Port Royal | 367 | 5142 |
| Fire Strike | 15577 | 22308 |
| Night Raid | 65281 | 98831 |
| Background Blur | 130.3 frames/s | 149.6 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 70.1 frames/s | 91 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 1.59 Gpix/sec | 4.07 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.21 Gpix/sec | 5.58 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.02 Gpix/sec | 3.92 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.65 Gpix/sec | 1.01 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 223 Gpix/sec | 372.9 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 7470.5 fps | 12226.3 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 810 | 961 |
| DirectX 11 | 90 fps | 128 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 38 fps | 69 fps |
| GPU Compute | 4502 Ops/s | 8428 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 360.9 fps | 555.5 fps |
| Car Chase | 373.9 fps | 492.3 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 278.5 fps | 407.9 fps |
| T-Rex | 1305.6 fps | 1940.6 fps |
| ALU 2 | 1331.2 fps | 2862.2 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 259.2 fps | 295.2 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 1300.5 | 2965.4 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | January, 19, 2022 | January, 12, 2021 |
| Form Factor | PC use | PC use |
| Use case | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Codename | Navi 24 | GA106 |
| Price | 199 | 329 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 2310 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 2815 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shader Units | 1024 | 3584 |
| TMUs | 64 | 112 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Execution Units | n/a | 28 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | No | 112 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB/core | 128 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB/core | 3000 KB/core |
| Instructions per Clock | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 90 Gpix/sec | 85 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 180 GTex/s | 199 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 5.8 TFLOPS | 12.7 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 107 W | 170 W |
| Process | TSMC | Samsung |
| Process tech. | 6 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistor Size | 107 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor count | 5 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor density | 46.73 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Interface | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Frequency | 2248 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Bus | 64 bit | 192 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 MB/s | 15000 MB/s |
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 12 GB |
Max Throughput
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 | Yes | 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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