AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
213
142
118
87
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High190126
1080p Ultra156103
1440p Ultra12177
4K Ultra7044
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy2078111708
Solar Bay8674154344
Port Royal105196969
Fire Strike5732329561
Night Raid159759109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur231.6 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1051988
DirectX 11278 fps163 fps
DirectX 12113 fps79 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex4360 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 26645 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.83670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 21 GA104
Price 999 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 5120 4864
TMUs 320 152
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units n/a 38
Ray Tracing Cores 80 38
Tensor Cores n/a 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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