amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 300 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 28 |
| TMUs | 128 | 112 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 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 7970 GHz Edition
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 7970 GHz Edition
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 7970 GHz Edition
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 7970 GHz Edition
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 7970 GHz Edition
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
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