
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
Radeon RX 5700 XT
$399 • Jul 2019
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Specs Comparison
Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
TDP | 170 W | 225 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 1905 MHz |
Memory Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
Process Size | 8nm | 7nm |
Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 1.0 |
Shading Units | 3584 | 2560 |
RT Cores | 28 | N/A |
TMUs | 112 | 160 |
ROPs | 48 | 64 |
Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 1750 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 85.3 GPixel/s | 121.9 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 360 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 12.74 GFLOPS | 9.754 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
Die Size | 276 mm² | 251 mm² |
Transistors | 12000 Million | 10300 Million |
Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (135 benchmarks)



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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 135 benchmarks across 45 games

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
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