GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G has 4864 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.67 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 16.20 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.58 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 38 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
4864 Shader 2560
80 Render Output Units 64
152 Texture Units 160
38 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G has a turbo clock of 1.665 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is 2.581 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
1.665 GHz Boost Clock 2.581 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.42 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G 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 93 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

200 W TDP 230 W
220 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G is 51 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is 51 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

286 mm Length 260 mm
115 mm Height 120 mm
51 mm Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PRO 8G was released in Q4/2020.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

GV-N306TGAMING PRO-8GD Part-no 11306-02-20G
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2021
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 7 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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