NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6600


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and the AMD Radeon RX 6600, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600, which has 1792 shaders and 28 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB GPU AMD Radeon RX 6600
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 XL
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
3584 Shader 1792
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 112
28 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 240 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
240 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is 1.626 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.626 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has a TDP of 132 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 132 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 8GB has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 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 8GB.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 8GB is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

-- Length --
-- Height --
-- Width --
-- Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 was introduced in Q4/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2021
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
50 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 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
64 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 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
127 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 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
88325
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
71285

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
84674
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
80425

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98120

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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