AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Radeon RX 7700 XT compared with GeForce RTX 3060

	AMDRadeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060
Overview
Released
Released	September 2023	February 2021
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA 3	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,456	3,584
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,544 MHz (better)	1,780 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	54 compute units, 96 ROPs; game clock 2171 MHz; 28.1 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	54 second-generation Ray Accelerators	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	108 AI Accelerators; 70.3 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	48 MB AMD Infinity Cache (second generation)	–
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	432 GB/s	360 GB/s or 240 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	GDDR6 at up to 18 Gbps; AMD quotes up to 1995 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	245 W	170 W (better)
Interface
Interface	–	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	DisplayPort 2.1, 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	2 × 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	700 W	550 W on NVIDIA's reference specification, based on an Intel Core i9-10900K system
Slot width
Slot width	2.5-slot (reference card)	Varies by partner card; no Founders Edition model
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	267 mm long, 2.5-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