AMD Radeon RX 6800 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory3840
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6800
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800
16GB GDDR6 250W N/A Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800
$579 • Oct 2020
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 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2105 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | 60 | 28 |
| TMUs | 240 | 112 |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 202.1 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 512 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 16.17 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 26800 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 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
14608 (+62%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
8993
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
135060 (+47%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
91603
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)
219.6 FPS (+101%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
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
22147 (+31%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
16870
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (780 benchmarks)
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 (+47%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 (+52%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 (+57%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6800 (+58%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6800 (+60%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6800 (+64%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 6800 (+41%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 6800 (+33%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 6800 (+40%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 (+54%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 (+53%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 (+43%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6800 (+65%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6800 (+70%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6800 (+78%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 6800 (+32%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 6800 (+59%)
AVG 111 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 6800 (+65%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 6 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Wins!
Based on 780 benchmarks across 213 games
73
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6800
VS
+56.9%
46
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
757
Wins
73
Avg FPS
61
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
19
Wins
46
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
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