AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6900 XT

$499.99 Oct 2020 View Details

$499.99

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$289.99 Jan 2021 View Details

$289.99

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $499.99 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6900 XT

$999 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $289.99 Jan 2021

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6900 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	5120	3584
RT Cores	80	28
TMUs	320	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	23.04 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

20261 (+125%)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 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

124121 (+35%)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 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)

305.2 FPS (+179%)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 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

26744 (+59%)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (852 benchmarks)

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+81%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+84%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+100%)

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+73%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+81%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+84%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+79%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+100%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+110%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+26%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+29%)

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+29%)

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City 2

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+45%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+55%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+71%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

7.1 2026 • Action, Simulation, Strategy, Massively Multiplayer • Expression Games

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+39%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+48%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+64%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Wins!

Based on 852 benchmarks across 230 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

+82.2%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB