NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 5500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
AMD Radeon RX 5500
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
1408 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1845MHz
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
5.2 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
10.39 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
170W
TDP
130W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 39,120
13%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 34,350
19%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 30,690
15%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 95
16%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
RDNA 1
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 5000
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Codename
Fighter
Navi 14
Variant
Navi 14 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/27/2022
Release Date
10/7/2019
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
158 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
40.51M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Compute Units
22 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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1670MHz Base
1845MHz
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
10.39 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
5.2 TFLOPS
TF32
25.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.33 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
59.04 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
162.36 GTexel/s
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L0
32KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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128KB/Array
L2
2MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
130W
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Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 7
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.1
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Not a Card
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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