In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 16 % faster than the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56.
The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size
8 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR6
Memory Clock
0.800 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
1.6 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
192 bit
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock
1.266 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
1.550 GHz
1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.78 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.266 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.320 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
TDP
325 W
170 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 325 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 92 mm
2 x 100 mm
Fan 2
1 x 80 mm
--
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
35 dB
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
--
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Length
310 mm
200 mm
Height
133 mm
123 mm
Width
54 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 310 mm long, 133 mm high and 54 mm wide.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 200 mm long, 123 mm high and 38 mm wide.
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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +33.2 %
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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.
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.
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