amd
Brand1GB GDDR5
Memory896
Cores96 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7790
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Radeon HD 7790
$149 • Mar 2013
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7790 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 85 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 896 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 28 |
| TMUs | 56 | 112 |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 16 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 96 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1.792 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.25 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 2080 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 250 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7790
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7790
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7790
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7790
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7790
AMD • 1GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
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