The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 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.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB has the GA106-302-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 KXT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
2.190 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
17.5 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
240 GB/s
280 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT is 17.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.190 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
2.055 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
2.635 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
2.41 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
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
TDP
170 W
176 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.
The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 176 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 100 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
39 dB
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.
The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB.
The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
Decode
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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
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT
Length
170 mm
240 mm
Height
125 mm
120 mm
Width
--
45 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus 8GB is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 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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