Radeon RX 6700 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6700 XT
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 22
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2021
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
2581 MHz
1283 MHz
Core clock speed
2321 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,200 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
230 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
413.0
153.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384.0 GB/s
264.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2