AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 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
84
46
33
20
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High60126
1080p Ultra46103
1440p Ultra3077
4K Ultra1544
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy495111708
Solar Bay1997954344
Port Royal3676969
Fire Strike1557729561
Night Raid65281109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur130.3 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark810988
DirectX 1190 fps163 fps
DirectX 1238 fps79 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.53670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 24 GA104
Price 199 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1024 4864
TMUs 64 152
ROPs 32 80
Execution Units n/a 38
Ray Tracing Cores 16 38
Tensor Cores No 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 107 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 64 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 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 Yes 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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