AMD Radeon RX 9070 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070

$509.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$509.99

$539.99

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 9070

16GB GDDR6 220W $509.99 Mar 2025

Radeon RX 9070

$549 • Mar 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 9070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	220 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2520 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	644.6 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	4nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 4.0	Ampere
Shading Units	3584	3584
RT Cores	56	28
TMUs	224	112
ROPs	128	48
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2518 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	322.6 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	564.5 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	36.13 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	8.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	357 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	53900 Million	12000 Million
Required PSU	550 W	450 W
Power Connectors	2x 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

22616 (+151%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

149949 (+64%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

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)

FPS

AMD Radeon RX 9070

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

25414 (+51%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (234 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 9070 (+124%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+122%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+113%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 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 9070 (+130%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+139%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+157%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 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 9070 (+146%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+159%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+189%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 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 9070 (+74%)

AVG 176 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+107%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+135%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 16 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

Radeon RX 9070 (+46%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+45%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+60%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 (+136%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+140%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+144%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 Wins!

Based on 234 benchmarks across 67 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070

+120.9%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB