NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB VS AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$289.99 Jan 2021 View Details

$289.99

amd

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3456

Cores

432 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7700 XT

$389.99 Aug 2023 View Details

$389.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $289.99 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

Radeon RX 7700 XT

$449 • Aug 2023

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

12GB GDDR6 245W $389.99 Aug 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
Memory Size	12 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	170 W	245 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2544 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	432 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 3.0
Shading Units	3584	3456
RT Cores	28	54
TMUs	112	216
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	2250 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	244.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	432 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	35.17 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	346 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	28100 Million
Required PSU	450 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
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

14983 (+67%)

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

132843 (+45%)

AMD Radeon RX 7700 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

174.9 FPS (+60%)

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

22460 (+33%)

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Game Benchmarks Comparison (261 benchmarks)

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DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+92%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+80%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+82%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+48%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+50%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+36%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+89%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+74%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+78%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+46%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+35%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+29%)

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+54%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+57%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+54%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+76%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+92%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+71%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

CODE VEIN II DEMO

7.8 2026 • Action, RPG • Bandai Namco Studios Inc.

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+62%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+60%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+57%)

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

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 7700 XT (+49%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+41%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 7700 XT (+47%)

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Wins!

Based on 261 benchmarks across 75 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+56.1%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7700 XT