amd

Brand

6GB GDDR6

Memory

2304

Cores

288 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

$279 Jan 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

6GB GDDR6 150W $279 Jan 2020

Radeon RX 5600 XT

$279 • Jan 2020

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	6 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	150 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1560 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	288 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Ampere
Shading Units	2304	3584
RT Cores	N/A	28
TMUs	144	112
ROPs	64	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1500 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	99.84 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	288 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	7.188 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	251 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	10300 Million	12000 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	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

7012

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

8993 (+28%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

66629

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

91603 (+37%)

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)

92.1 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

109.4 FPS (+19%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

13505

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

16870 (+25%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (48 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+41%)

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+42%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+47%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Winner

Loser

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+38%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+43%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+45%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

HUMANKIND

8.3 2021 • Strategy • AMPLITUDE Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+48%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+51%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+48%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+43%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+48%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+63%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+53%)

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+56%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+52%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+16%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+17%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+19%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!

Based on 48 benchmarks across 16 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT

+35.8%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB