PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.91 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.75 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.83 TFLOPS.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
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 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

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 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT has a turbo clock of 1.905 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is 1.792 GHz.

1.605 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.905 GHz Boost Clock 1.792 GHz
1.76 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 99 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

230 mm Length 212 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
41 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 562 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT was released in Q3/2019.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

AXRX 5700 XT 8GBD6-3DH Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2021
429 $ Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
55 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
58 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB GDDR6
149 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
131 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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