NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
170W
TDP
107W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
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 40,335
20%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 90
15%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/27/2022
Release Date
1/19/2022
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 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
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
101.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
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FP64
200 GFLOPS
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FP64
360 GFLOPS
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BF16
12.74 TFLOPS
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
12.74 TFLOPS Tensor
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
203.8 TOPS Tensor
407.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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101.9 TOPS Tensor
203.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
6.37 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.16 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
1MB Shared
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L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
8GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
107W
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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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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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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
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 7
No Encoders
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
VCN 3.0
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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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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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 6-Pin
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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