Radeon RX 6850 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6850 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
2022
October 2022
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
12,000 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
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
18 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
576.0 GB/s
240.0 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
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3