AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High117141
1080p Ultra93119
1440p Ultra6688
4K Ultra3651
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy1042313641
Solar Bay4497364184
Port Royal58208309
Fire Strike2647834034
Night Raid98514120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur104.1 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark881998
DirectX 11152 fps181 fps
DirectX 1251 fps85 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps856 fps
Car Chasen/a668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps283 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a4563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 23 GA104
Price 329 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 1792 5888
TMUs 112 184
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 28 46
Tensor Cores No 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 132 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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 3070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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