GeForce RTX 3060 and Radeon RX 6500 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
Radeon RX 6500 XT
9825
GeForce RTX 3060
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2815 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
2610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
107 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
180.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
143.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
2.0
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3