AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
140
81
66
45
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High117100
1080p Ultra9380
1440p Ultra6658
4K Ultra3632
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy104238748
Solar Bay4497340964
Port Royal58205142
Fire Strike2647822308
Night Raid9851498831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur104.1 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark881961
DirectX 11152 fps128 fps
DirectX 1251 fps69 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps555.5 fps
Car Chasen/a492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps295.2 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 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 23 GA106
Price 329 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 1792 3584
TMUs 112 112
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores 28 28
Tensor Cores No 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 132 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 128 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 6600
224 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 Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
4 (66.67%)
2 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 6

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