NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 550X

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
AMD Radeon RX 550X
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
170W
TDP
60W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/27/2022
Release Date
4/11/2018
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 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
10 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
TF32
25.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
42.84 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
60W
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
VCE 3.4
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
UVD 6.3
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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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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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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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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