GPU comparison with benchmarks

Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.56 GHz · 225 W Speed index 6/100

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.56 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.19 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GDDR6 · 1.78 GHz · 170 W Speed index 11/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 77 % faster than the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE.

Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Speed index
6/100
11/100
FP32
7.19 TFLOPS
12.72 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.56 GHz
1.78 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
269 GB/s
360 GB/s
TDP
225 W
170 W
Launch Price
279 $
329 $

GPU

GPUSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Based onAMD Radeon RX 590NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU ChipPolaris 30 XTGA106-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3628
Shader23043584
Render Output Units3248
Texture Units144112
Raytracing Cores--28
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size8 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.100 GHz1.875 GHz
Memory Speed8.4 Gbps15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth269 GB/s360 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 bit
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.100 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock1.469 GHz1.320 GHz
Boost Clock1.560 GHz1.777 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE has a turbo clock of 1.560 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.777 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TDP225 W170 W
Tjunction max98 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE 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 98 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 95 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Length260 mm--
Height135 mm--
Width43 mm--
Width (Slots)3 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE is 43 mm wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 43 mm and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SENVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2018Q1/2021
Launch Price279 $329 $
Structure size14 nm8 nm
Part-no11289-01-20G--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE was released in Q4/2018.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

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 +85.8 %

  1. 2,167
  2. 4,026

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 5,068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,177

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)

  1. no data
  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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)

  1. no data
  2. 9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +59.4 %

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. 51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +44.6 %

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. 94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +42.9 %

  1. 91 fps (avg)
  2. 130 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 +71.3 %

  1. 52,003
  2. 89,106

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +85.2 %

  1. 48,319
  2. 89,506

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 49,180
  2. no data

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