GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs Radeon Instinct MI25

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking391not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Power efficiency2.96no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40963584
Core clock speed1400 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate384.0199.0
Floating-point processing power12.29 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs256112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed852 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth436.2 GB/s360.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 170 Watt

Instinct MI25 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 76.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI25 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI25 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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