nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory5120
Cores576 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
$ • Jul 2023
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 170 W | 260 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 2245 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 576 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 5120 |
| RT Cores | 28 | 80 |
| TMUs | 112 | 320 |
| ROPs | 48 | 160 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 85.3 GPixel/s | 359.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 360 GTexel/s | 576 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 12.74 GFLOPS | 45.98 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 12000 Million | 57700 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 600 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
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 7900 GRE
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 7900 GRE
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 7900 GRE
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
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