Radeon RX 5900 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5900 XT
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 21
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
October 2022
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
12,000 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
8 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s
240.0 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
-
6.7
Vulkan
-
1.3