AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
12GB GDDR6 170W $289.99 Jan 2021
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 28 |
| TMUs | 144 | 112 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
4611
AMD Radeon RX 590
8993 (+95%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
91603 (+100%)
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)
61.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 590
109.4 FPS (+79%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
16870 (+80%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (81 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+107%)
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+114%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+114%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+111%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+105%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 7 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+200%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chorus
8.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Deep Silver Fishlabs
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+98%)
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 171 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+110%)
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+137%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
8 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+91%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+90%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+120%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Jurassic World Evolution 2
8 2021 • Simulation, Strategy Frontier Developments
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+45%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+52%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 8 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+238%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
King's Bounty II
8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Fulqrum Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+94%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+96%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+100%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 81 benchmarks across 27 games
40
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+85.4%
74
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
40
Avg FPS
34
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
81
Wins
74
Avg FPS
64
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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