AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
176
114
94
68
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High157100
1080p Ultra13080
1440p Ultra9558
4K Ultra5632
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy161938748
Solar Bay6457440964
Port Royal80985142
Fire Strike4438222308
Night Raid14282498831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur298.6 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark987961
DirectX 11214 fps128 fps
DirectX 1289 fps69 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase1005 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.42965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 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 21 GA106
Price 579 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 3840 3584
TMUs 240 112
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores 60 28
Tensor Cores No 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6800 the clear winner in this comparison.

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