AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Radeon RX 7600 compared with GeForce RTX 3060

	AMDRadeon RX 7600	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060
Overview
Released
Released	May 2023	February 2021
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA 3	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,048	3,584
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,655 MHz (better)	1,780 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	32 compute units, 64 ROPs, 128 texture units; game clock 2250 MHz; 13.3 billion transistors	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	–	8 nm (Gainward Ghost datasheet)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	32 second-generation Ray Accelerators	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	64 AI Accelerators; 43.5 TOPS INT8	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	AMD FSR, Radeon Super Resolution	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	–	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	32 MB AMD Infinity Cache (second generation)	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	192-bit or 128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	360 GB/s or 240 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	GDDR6 at up to 18 Gbps; AMD quotes up to 477 GB/s effective bandwidth with Infinity Cache	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	165 W (better)	170 W
Interface
Interface	–	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	DisplayPort up to 2.1 (depends on the card design), HDMI 2.1	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 × 8-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	550 W	550 W on NVIDIA's reference specification, based on an Intel Core i9-10900K system
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (reference card)	Varies by partner card; no Founders Edition model
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	204 mm long, 2-slot (reference card)	–
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264, HEVC and AV1 encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode