AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

amd

Brand

20GB GDDR6

Memory

5376

Cores

800 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$580.61 Nov 2022 View Details

$580.61

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 7900 XT

20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$899 • Nov 2022

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 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	20 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	300 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2394 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	800 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Shading Units	5376	3584
RT Cores	84	28
TMUs	336	112
ROPs	192	48
Memory Bus	320-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	459.6 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	800 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	51.48 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	6.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	529 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	57700 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

24671 (+174%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 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

203754 (+122%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 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)

323.2 FPS (+195%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 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

28872 (+71%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (548 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+75%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+80%)

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+80%)

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+152%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+141%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+160%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+123%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+125%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+150%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+152%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+150%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+167%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+122%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+121%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+144%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+145%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+156%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+187%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+202%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+239%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+229%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+100%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+110%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+150%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Wins!

Based on 548 benchmarks across 156 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

+134.5%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB