AMD Radeon RX 6700
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 (RDNA 2) and has 10 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 240 GB/s.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 has the Navi 22 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the graphics chip GA106-302-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
AMD Radeon RX 6700 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Navi 22 GPU Chip GA106-302-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2304 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 112
36 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

10 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
160 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.941 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
2.450 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
2.17 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 175 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

175 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 6700.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the AMD Radeon RX 6700 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

-- Length --
-- Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2021.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q4/2022
429 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
33 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
43 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
169 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
89698
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
88325

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
92853
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
84674

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
135428

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
11.17
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
12.74

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