GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X vs Radeon RX 6700

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking60not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.62no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 22GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 June 2021 (3 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores23043584
Core clock speed1941 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2450 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors17,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt195 Watt
Texture fill rate352.8199.0
Floating-point processing power11.29 TFLOPSno data
ROPs6448
TMUs144112
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount10 GB8 GB
Memory bus width160 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s304.1 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 195 Watt

RX 6700 has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 11.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6700 and GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 6700
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