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AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.58 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.81 GHz · 170 W Speed index 11/100

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.81 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.96 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is 1.9 % faster than the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Speed index
11/100
11/100
FP32
13.21 TFLOPS
12.96 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.58 GHz
1.81 GHz
Memory Size
12 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
240 GB/s
TDP
230 W
170 W
Launch Price
479 $
329 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GPU ChipNavi 22 XTGA106-302-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors4028
Shader25603584
Render Output Units6448
Texture Units160112
Raytracing Cores4028
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Memory Size12 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.875 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s240 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit128 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Base Clock2.321 GHz1.320 GHz
Boost Clock2.581 GHz1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.42 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 1.807 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
TDP230 W170 W
Tjunction max100 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingASUS Aura Sync
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeDecode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Length--200 mm
Height--123 mm
Width--38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2022
Launch Price479 $329 $
Structure size7 nm8 nm
Part-no--Dual-RTX3060-8G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +47.1 %

  1. 5,955
  2. 4,048

Port Royal (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +18.8 %

  1. 6,008
  2. 5,056

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +0.0 %

  1. 2,188
  2. 2,187

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 XT +33.3 %

  1. 40 fps (avg)
  2. 30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +36.1 %

  1. 49 fps (avg)
  2. 36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +32.1 %

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. 56 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)

  1. no data
  2. 9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +91.7 %

  1. 46 fps (avg)
  2. 24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +42.4 %

  1. 84 fps (avg)
  2. 59 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 XT +40.7 %

  1. 76 fps (avg)
  2. 54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +44.0 %

  1. 144 fps (avg)
  2. 100 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +36.6 %

  1. 194 fps (avg)
  2. 142 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 XT +7.9 %

  1. 96,956
  2. 89,850

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +26.1 %

  1. 108,643
  2. 86,136

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 151,246
  2. no data

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