GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon PRO WX 2100

Place in the ranking	642	83
Place by popularity	not in top-100	4
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.98	70.83
Power efficiency	9.35	17.86
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Lexa	GA106
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	4 June 2017 (7 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 has 1680% better value for money than PRO WX 2100.

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 cores	512	3584
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.01	199.0
Floating-point processing power	1.248 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	32	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	242 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	360.0 GB/s
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 Connectors	1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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.

PRO WX 2100 4.78

RTX 3060 44.34
+828%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

PRO WX 2100 1841

RTX 3060 17085
+828%

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 HD	12−14 −942%	125 +942%
1440p	8−9 −875%	78 +875%
4K	5−6 −900%	50 +900%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	12.42	2.63
1440p	18.63	4.22
4K	29.80	6.58

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−888%

79
+888%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −615%	90−95 +615%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −1940%	102 +1940%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −1083%	140−150 +1083%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −790%	85−90 +790%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −875%	78 +875%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −830%	90−95 +830%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −731%	100−110 +731%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −577%	200−210 +577%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1100%	120 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −477%	170−180 +477%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −1136%	130−140 +1136%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −662%	95−100 +662%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −876%	160−170 +876%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −200%	130−140 +200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −615%	90−95 +615%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −1600%	85 +1600%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −1083%	140−150 +1083%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −790%	85−90 +790%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −838%	75 +838%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −830%	90−95 +830%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −731%	100−110 +731%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −577%	200−210 +577%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1060%	116 +1060%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −477%	170−180 +477%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −1136%	130−140 +1136%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −662%	95−100 +662%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −959%	180 +959%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −435%	90−95 +435%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −200%	130−140 +200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −615%	90−95 +615%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −1400%	75 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −790%	85−90 +790%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −700%	64 +700%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −830%	90−95 +830%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −577%	200−210 +577%
Hitman 3	10−11 −910%	101 +910%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −358%	142 +358%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −806%	154 +806%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −329%	73 +329%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −31.1%	59 +31.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−662%

95−100
+662%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −867%	85−90 +867%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −871%	65−70 +871%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −2578%	240−250 +2578%
Hitman 3	9−10 −656%	68 +656%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −864%	106 +864%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −4350%	89 +4350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1575%	65−70 +1575%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −583%	200−210 +583%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−744%

75−80
+744%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Hitman 3	1−2 −4400%	45 +4400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −3800%	190−200 +3800%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −5800%	55−60 +5800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −6200%	63 +6200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −933%	30−35 +933%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1800%	38 +1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	18
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1475%	60−65 +1475%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −2600%	27 +2600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−700%

40−45
+700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +0%	60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	115 +0%	115 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how PRO WX 2100 and RTX 3060 compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 is 942% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 is 875% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 is 900% faster in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 is 6200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 is ahead in 68 tests (96%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.78	44.34
Recency	4 June 2017	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	170 Watt

PRO WX 2100 has 385.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060, on the other hand, has a 827.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon PRO WX 2100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 2100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.