amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8GB GDDR6 225W $399 Jul 2019
Radeon RX 5700 XT
$399 • Jul 2019
VS
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 5700 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 225 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1905 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 28 |
| TMUs | 160 | 112 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 121.9 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 448 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 9.754 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 251 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 10300 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 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
8594
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8993 (+5%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
81739
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
91603 (+12%)
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)
117.9 FPS (+8%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
109.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
16398
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16870 (+3%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (126 benchmarks)
Serious Sam Siberian Mayhem
8.6 2022 • Action, Adventure Croteam, Timelock Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+19%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+21%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+20%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+18%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+11%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+24%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chorus
8.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Deep Silver Fishlabs
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 201 FPS
MIN 169 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+5%)
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 171 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+18%)
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+6%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
8 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+6%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+9%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+22%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Jurassic World Evolution 2
8 2021 • Simulation, Strategy Frontier Developments
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+13%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+16%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+7%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
King's Bounty II
8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Fulqrum Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+16%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+15%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+12%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 126 benchmarks across 42 games
71
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
VS
+4.3%
74
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
43
Wins
71
Avg FPS
60
Min FPS
34%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
74
Wins
74
Avg FPS
63
Min FPS
59%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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