NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB Full Specs

Summary

3,584 Shaders 1.78GHz	2,048 Shaders 3.13GHz
12GB GDDR6360GB/s	16GB GDDR6320GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 12.74 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 25.64 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 170W	TDP 160W
Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin -	Power Connectors - 1x 8-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

GeForce RTX 3060407.6 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x1

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB820.5 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x2.01

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1777MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed3130MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 407.6 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 820.5 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 102.6 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 205.1 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 102.6 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 205.1 TFLOPS
Tensor FP16-16 50.95 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 101.9 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 25.48 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 50.95 TFLOPS	Tensor FP16-16 51.28 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 102.6 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 51.28 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 102.6 TFLOPS
BF16 12.74 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 25.48 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 50.95 TFLOPS	BF16 51.28 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 51.28 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 102.6 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 12.74 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 -
FP32 12.74 TFLOPS	FP32 25.64 TFLOPS
FP64 199 GFLOPS	FP64 801.3 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 203.8 TOPS	Tensor INT4 410.3 TOPS
Tensor INT8 101.9 TOPS	Tensor INT8 205.1 TOPS
Ray 19.21 TOPS	Ray -
Pixel Rate 85.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 200.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 199 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 400.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 3,584 Shaders	Shaders 2,048 Shaders
TMUs 112 TMUs	TMUs 128 TMUs
ROPs 48 ROPs	ROPs 64 ROPs
Tensor Cores 112 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 64 T-Cores
RT Cores 28 RT-Cores	RT Cores 32 RT-Cores
SMs 28 SMs	CUs 32 CUs

Clocks

Base Clock 1.32GHz	Base Clock 2.53GHz
Boost Clock 1.78GHz	Boost Clock 3.13GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 3.1MB shared	L2 Cache 4.1MB shared
L3 Cache -	L3 Cache 32MB shared
L3 Bandwidth -	L3 Bandwidth 1.13TB/s

Memory

12GB GDDR6	16GB GDDR6
Memory Bus 192-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 15GT/s	Memory Speed 20GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 360GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 320GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 170W	TDP 160W
Max Temp 93°C Max	Max Temp -

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4	-
1x HDMI 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1

Encoder

Encoder Model NVENC 7

Encoder Model VCN 4.0

Decoder

Decoder Model NVDEC 5

Decoder Model VCN 4.0

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 1.9-Slots	PCIe 2-Slots
Height 112 mm (4.41") Width 242 mm (9.53") Depth 38 mm (1.5")	Height 111 mm (4.37") Width 204 mm (8.03") Depth 40 mm (1.57")
Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air 3x Fans
Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture Ampere	Architecture RDNA 4
Family GeForce 30	Family Radeon RX 9000
Branding	Branding
Codename NV176	Codename -
Chip Variant GA106-150-KA-A1	Chip Variant Navi 44 XL
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Feb 25, 2021	Release Date May 20, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 8N	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 276mm²	Die Size 153mm²
Transistor Count 13.3 Billion	Transistor Count 29.7 Billion
Transistor Density 48.01 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 194.1 MTr/mm²

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