Radeon RX 6850 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6850 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
2022
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
2250 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
26,800 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
325 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
648.0
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
18 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
576.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
2.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3