Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
GeForce RTX 3060
277%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 73 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3060 . |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 |
| 177% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3060
The GeForce RTX 3060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce RTX 3060 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | GA106 (GA106-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 300 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 13,250 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 3840 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 30 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1627 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 120 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce RTX 3060 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 12288 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce RTX 3060 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | UNRELEASED |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
GeForce RTX 3060
118.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
GeForce RTX 3060
222.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
GeForce RTX 3060
336.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
GeForce RTX 3060
14220.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce RTX 3060
68
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
GeForce RTX 3060
131
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
GeForce RTX 3060
92
FPS (higher is better)
Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
23
GeForce RTX 3060
72
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
GeForce RTX 3060
158
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
GeForce RTX 3060
123
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
GeForce RTX 3060
128
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
GeForce RTX 3060
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
GeForce RTX 3060
101
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
GeForce RTX 3060
69
FPS (higher is better)
Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
10
GeForce RTX 3060
60
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
GeForce RTX 3060
105
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce RTX 3060
82
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
GeForce RTX 3060
90
FPS (higher is better)