GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs Radeon Pro W6600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking99not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10053
Cost-effectiveness evaluation70.46no data
Power efficiency28.87no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 23GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 June 2021 (3 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores17923584
Core clock speed2331 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed2903 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors11,060 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate325.1199.0
Floating-point processing power10.4 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs112112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Cores2828

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
Length241 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s360.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 June 2021 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 170 Watt

Pro W6600 has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 70% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro W6600 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W6600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon Pro W6600
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