AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High132100
1080p Ultra10680
1440p Ultra7658
4K Ultra4232
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy128078748
Solar Bay5015740964
Port Royal61625142
Fire Strike3584422308
Night Raid13074398831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur245.8 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark946961
DirectX 11174 fps128 fps
DirectX 1277 fps69 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase840 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.42965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 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 22 GA106
Price 479 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3584
TMUs 160 112
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores 40 28
Tensor Cores n/a 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 230 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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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