The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is based on the graphics chip Navi 10 XT, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
Memory
Memory
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
Memory Size
12 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
1.605 GHz
Boost Clock
1.882 GHz
1.905 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.78 GHz
1.78 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
TDP
170 W
225 W
TDP (up)
180 W
335 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
36 dB
47-48 dB
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The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
Length
202 mm
270 mm
Height
110 mm
110 mm
Width
42 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
--
1,110 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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