GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has the Navi 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Ampere
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2560 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.605 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.905 GHz Boost Clock 1.882 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

225 W TDP 170 W
335 W TDP (up) 180 W
99 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
47-48 dB Noise (Load) 36 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 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

With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

270 mm Length 202 mm
110 mm Height 110 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1110 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 12G-P5-3657-KR
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2021
409 $ Launch Price 499 $
7 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
16 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
10 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
99 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
149 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
137 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

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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