amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8GB HBM2 210W $399 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
VS
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 Vega 56 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 210 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1471 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 28 |
| TMUs | 224 | 112 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 800 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 10.54 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 495 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 12500 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
6723
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8993 (+34%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
47815
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
91603 (+92%)
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)
81.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
109.4 FPS (+35%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13099
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
16870 (+29%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (138 benchmarks)
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
8.7 2022 • Action, Adventure, Casual Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+94%)
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+77%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+80%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+53%)
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+49%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+42%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sifu
8.7 2022 • Action, Indie Sloclap
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 203 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+23%)
AVG 250 FPS
MIN 174 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+34%)
AVG 178 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+38%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
8 2022 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+29%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+26%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+19%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Serious Sam Siberian Mayhem
8.6 2022 • Action, Adventure Croteam, Timelock Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+13%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+12%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+14%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+51%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+44%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+91%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 138 benchmarks across 46 games
55
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
+38.3%
76
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
1
Wins
55
Avg FPS
46
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
137
Wins
76
Avg FPS
64
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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