AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 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
132
74
61
39
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High111100
1080p Ultra8780
1440p Ultra6258
4K Ultra3432
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy99198748
Solar Bay3869840964
Port Royal48825142
Fire Strike2938222308
Night Raid11589798831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur220.1 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection128.3 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10694.7 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark914961
DirectX 11169 fps128 fps
DirectX 1261 fps69 fps
GPU Compute7820 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase718.6 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex2660.2 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 23188.1 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2225.32965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 23 GA106
Price 399 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2048 3584
TMUs 128 112
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores 32 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 169 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 176 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 2190 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 17500 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 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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