AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

2048

Cores

322.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

$369.99 Jun 2025 View Details

$369.99

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$289.99 Jan 2021 View Details

$449.00

$289.99

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

16GB GDDR6 160W $369.99 Jun 2025

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

$349 • Jun 2025

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 9060 XT 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	160 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	3130 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	322.3 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	4nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 4.0	Ampere
Shading Units	2048	3584
RT Cores	32	28
TMUs	128	112
ROPs	64	48
Memory Bus	128-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2518 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	200.3 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	400.6 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	25.64 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	199 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	29700 Million	12000 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 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

13803 (+53%)

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

107640 (+18%)

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

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)

135.7 FPS (+24%)

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

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

20158 (+19%)

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (141 benchmarks)

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 9060 XT 16 GB (+51%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+41%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+33%)

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 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 9060 XT 16 GB (+54%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+53%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+57%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+65%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+65%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+78%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+17%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+33%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+44%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+2%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+8%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+2%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+59%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+53%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB (+48%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Wins!

Based on 141 benchmarks across 40 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

+41.7%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB