Radeon RX 5900 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5900 XT
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 21
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1735 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
21,000 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4352
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
471.9
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
-
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.6
Vulkan
-
1.3