amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 Oct 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 6800 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $649 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 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 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	300 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Shading Units	4608	3584
RT Cores	72	28
TMUs	288	112
ROPs	128	48
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	288 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.74 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	700 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

17608 (+96%)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

138858 (+52%)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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)

264.2 FPS (+141%)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 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

24994 (+48%)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (717 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+52%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+71%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+85%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+51%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+61%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+89%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+64%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+58%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+73%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+44%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+53%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+70%)

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+26%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+33%)

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+65%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+57%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+53%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+81%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+63%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+78%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+78%)

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+54%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+69%)

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+67%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison