AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Radeon RX 6700 XT compared with GeForce RTX 3060

	AMDRadeon RX 6700 XT	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060
Overview
Released
Released	March 2021	February 2021
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA 2	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	3,584
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,581 MHz (better)	1,780 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	AMD reference specification; 40 compute units and 17.2 billion transistors. AMD's current product table labels 1 March 2021 as the launch date, but its announcement specifies 18 March as the first on-sale date used here.	NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost partner card. NVIDIA announced worldwide partner availability of the 8 GB revision from November 2022.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	7 nm	8 nm (Gainward Ghost datasheet)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	40 Ray Accelerators; DirectX Raytracing support	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR); AMD Radeon Super Resolution	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	2321 MHz base, 2424 MHz game frequency and up to 2581 MHz boost; AMD defines boost for bursty workloads rather than sustained gaming	1.32 GHz; NVIDIA rounds boost to 1.78 GHz, while Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus both specify 1,777 MHz
Cache
Cache	96 MB AMD Infinity Cache	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	12 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	192-bit or 128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	360 GB/s or 240 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	Up to 16 Gbps GDDR6; 384 GB/s physical memory bandwidth. AMD separately claims up to 1278 GB/s effective bandwidth including Infinity Cache; this is not used as the physical bandwidth figure.	15 Gbps GDDR6. Original 12 GB is 192-bit with 360 GB/s bandwidth (Gainward Ghost); later 8 GB is 128-bit with 240 GB/s (Gainward Pegasus).
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	230 W	170 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.1 supporting 4K 120 Hz or 8K 60 Hz with VRR	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3; check the chosen partner card
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 8-pin and 1 × PCIe 6-pin	Varies by partner card; Gainward's 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus each specify 1 × PCIe 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	650 W	550 W on NVIDIA's reference specification, based on an Intel Core i9-10900K system
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (AMD reference)	Varies by partner card; no Founders Edition model
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	267 mm long (AMD reference); no reference width or height verified	–
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Hardware AV1 decoding; H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode