AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip GA106-302-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Ampere
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
3584 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
256 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 240 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is 1.320 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
49 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is 200 mm long, 123 mm high and 38 mm wide.

280 mm Length 200 mm
127 mm Height 123 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no Dual-RTX3060-O8G
Q3/2017 Release date Q4/2022
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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 Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
103 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
147 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
71932

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)

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