The RTX 3070 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Ampere set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 3060 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 329. The good news is, with the release of the RTX 3060 Ti, the RTX 3060 's price is getting more discount.
NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Ampere graphics card inside the RTX 3060, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. Spec for spec, this RTX 3060 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RTX 2060, by boasting 15.3 % more fps.
The RTX 3060 has 8 GB RAM compared to the RTX 2060 's 6 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 3060 blows past the RTX 2060, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and, amazingly, even the RTX 2070 as well.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 5700, the RTX 3060 was 10.3 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 3060 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RTX 2060, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play A Plague Tale: Requiem, Dead Space, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, God of War, Metro Exodus at 68 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 68 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Baldur's Gate 3, Armored Core VI, Battlefield 2042, Watch Dogs: Legion, Anthem at 65 fps to 70 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 67 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Strange Brigade, Fallout 76, Spider-Man Remastered, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Forza Horizon 4 at 61 fps to 70 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps.
AMD ’s xx00 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the RDNA 2.0 graphics card inside the RX 6700 XT, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RX 6700 XT is much more expensive than the RX 5700 as it costs a whopping $ 479. Compare this to the RX 5700, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, which came originally at a price of $ 349, $ 399. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the RTX 3070 which costs $ 499.
Spec for spec, this RX 6700 XT leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 5700, by boasting 44.8 % more fps. The RX 6700 XT has 12 GB RAM compared to the RX 5700 's 8 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 6700 XT consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 5700, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, RTX 3070, the RX 6700 XT was -8.7 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Forspoken, Halo Infinite, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Atomic Heart, Assassin's Creed Valhalla at 69 fps to 74 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 71 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Red Dead Redemption 2, Halo Infinite, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, A Plague Tale: Requiem, F1 22 at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play God of War, Forza Horizon 5, Hitman 2, Far Cry New Dawn, Resident Evil 2 at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
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| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
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| 2018 | Final Fantasy XV |
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| 2018 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
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| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 2018 | Fallout 76 |
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| 2018 | Hitman 2 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2018 | Battlefield V |
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| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins |
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| 2017 | Destiny 2 |
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| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
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| 2017 | Fortnite Battle Royale |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation |
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| 2016 | Battlefield 1 |
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| 2016 | Overwatch |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Grand Theft Auto V |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 242 mm 9.5 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 170 W | 230 W |
| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
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| Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 2424 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1320 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz 15 Gbps effective | 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective |
| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 30 | Navi II |
| Launch Price | 329 USD | 479 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 | Mar 18th, 2021 |
| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | 1.2 |
| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
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| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 335 mm² |
| GPU Name | GA106 | Navi 22 |
| GPU Variant | GA106-300-A1 | Navi 22 XT |
| Process Size | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | unknown |
| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
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| Bandwidth | 360.0 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Size | 8192 MB | 12288 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
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| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 112 | 192 |
| RTX 3060 | RX 6700 XT | |
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| FP16 (half) performance | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) | 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 12.74 TFLOPS | 13.21 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) | 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 113.7 GPixel/s | 165.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 199.0 GTexel/s | 495.6 GTexel/s |
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