GeForce RTX 3060 and Radeon RX 6950 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
Radeon RX 6950 XT
29146
GeForce RTX 3060
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
Navi
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
May 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2324 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
5120
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
335 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
743.7
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
576.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.3