nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

amd

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2048

Cores

256 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

$379 Jul 2021 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

Radeon RX 6600 XT

$379 • Jul 2021

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

8GB GDDR6 160W $379 Jul 2021

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory Size	12 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	170 W	160 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2589 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	256 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	7nm
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Shading Units	3584	2048
RT Cores	28	32
TMUs	112	128
ROPs	48	64
Memory Bus	192-bit	128-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	2000 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	165.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	256 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	10.6 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	237 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	11060 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
DirectX	12.2	12.2
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

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

9026 (+0%)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

91603 (+9%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

84088

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

116.8 FPS (+7%)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

16870 (+2%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

16474

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Game Benchmarks Comparison (215 benchmarks)

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+7%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+48%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+31%)

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+9%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+22%)

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+6%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+6%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+5%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+8%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+9%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+12%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+42%)

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

REMNANT II®

2023 • • Gunfire Games

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+10%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+10%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 XT (+10%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison