Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3060 Mobile
2021
6 GB GDDR6, 80 Watt
32.59
+263%

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 263% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking168484
Place by popularity6934
Power efficiency27.9441.06
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGA106Vega
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 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 cores3840512
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1425 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors13,250 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate171.0no data
Floating-point processing power10.94 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs120no data
Tensor Cores120no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data

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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.6-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.59
+263%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 8.98

  • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
  • 3DMark Vantage Performance
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
  • 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
  • 3DMark Ice Storm GPU
  • 3DMark Time Spy Graphics

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+365%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 5891

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+156%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 22428

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3060 Mobile 20609
+451%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 3743

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Mobile 104826
+287%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 27084

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Mobile 466087
+55.8%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 299071

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3060 Mobile 8222
+607%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 1163

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD98
+345%
22
−345%
1440p66
+313%
16
−313%
4K40
+344%
9
−344%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 103
+442%
19
−442%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+218%
21−24
−218%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+280%
20
−280%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+279%
27−30
−279%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+247%
18−20
−247%
Cyberpunk 2077 86
+514%
14
−514%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+248%
21−24
−248%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+215%
24−27
−215%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+184%
60−65
−184%
Hitman 3 106
+607%
15
−607%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+178%
50−55
−178%
Metro Exodus 164
+369%
35
−369%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+142%
33
−142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+219%
36
−219%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+96.7%
60−65
−96.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+218%
21−24
−218%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 64
+300%
16
−300%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+279%
27−30
−279%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+247%
18−20
−247%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+590%
10
−590%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+248%
21−24
−248%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+215%
24−27
−215%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+184%
60−65
−184%
Hitman 3 108
+620%
15
−620%
Horizon Zero Dawn 189
+271%
50−55
−271%
Metro Exodus 129
+416%
25
−416%
Red Dead Redemption 2 102
+308%
24−27
−308%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 158
+485%
27
−485%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+172%
24−27
−172%
Watch Dogs: Legion 158
+163%
60−65
−163%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+218%
21−24
−218%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+300%
14
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+247%
18−20
−247%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+589%
9
−589%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+248%
21−24
−248%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+184%
60−65
−184%
Hitman 3 96
+586%
14
−586%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120
+400%
24
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140
+509%
23
−509%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 78
+457%
14
−457%
Watch Dogs: Legion 46
+283%
12
−283%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 96
+357%
21
−357%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+244%
18−20
−244%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+257%
14−16
−257%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+336%
11
−336%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+322%
9−10
−322%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
+680%
5
−680%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+280%
10−11
−280%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+379%
35−40
−379%
Hitman 3 64
+540%
10
−540%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85
+325%
20
−325%
Metro Exodus 85
+400%
17
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 101
+531%
16
−531%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+450%
8−9
−450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 116
+96.6%
59
−96.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+515%
13
−515%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+300%
8−9
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+333%
6−7
−333%
Hitman 3 41
+720%
5−6
−720%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+332%
35−40
−332%
Metro Exodus 60
+757%
7−8
−757%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+817%
6−7
−817%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
+175%
4−5
−175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+309%
10−12
−309%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60
+567%
9
−567%
Watch Dogs: Legion 19
+533%
3−4
−533%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+389%
9−10
−389%

This is how RTX 3060 Mobile and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 345% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 313% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 344% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3060 Mobile surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.59 8.98
Recency 12 January 2021 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt

RTX 3060 Mobile has a 262.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


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