NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6700


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the AMD Radeon RX 6700, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6700, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU AMD Radeon RX 6700
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3584 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 144
28 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 can access 10 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 160 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 is 1.941 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.941 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 2.450 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.17 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 175 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 has 0 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

-- Length --
-- Height --
-- Width --
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 429 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2021
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 429 $ (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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
4026
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
5127

Port Royal (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
5068
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
5063

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
2177
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
1902

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
33 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
43 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
60 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
76 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
169 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
89106
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
89698

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
89506
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
92853

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
135428

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
12.72
AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
11.17

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