GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has the GA106-302-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Ampere Architecture GCN 4
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3584 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
112 Texture Units 144
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.867 GHz Boost Clock 1.360 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.34 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 185 W.

170 W TDP 185 W
180 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

296 mm Length 298 mm
117 mm Height 134 mm
56 mm Width 53 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 came on the market in Q4/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX580-8G-GAMING
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2017
459 $ Launch Price 229 $
8 nm Structure size 14 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

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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