NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500

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Combined performance score

RX 5500
22.80

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 by 93% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking22470
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Value for money10.1542.43
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNavi 14Ampere GA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 October 2019 (4 years old)12 January 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329
Current price$444 $317 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 has 318% better value for money than RX 5500.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores14083584
Core clock speedno data1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate162.4199.0

Size and 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
Length180 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 12-pin

Memory

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 amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s360.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API support

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkanno data1.2
CUDAno data8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RX 5500 22.80
RTX 3060 44.09
+93.4%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 by 93% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 5500 8834
RTX 3060 17085
+93.4%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 by 93% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RX 5500 43129
RTX 3060 88433
+105%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 by 105% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RX 5500 28910
RTX 3060 89918
+211%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 by 211% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD60−65
−103%
122
+103%
1440p35−40
−117%
76
+117%
4K24−27
−108%
50
+108%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 22.80 44.09
Recency 7 October 2019 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 170 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 in performance tests.


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