GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs Radeon RX 5950 XT

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-10048
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

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 cores51203584
Core clock speedno data1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1635 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors21,000 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate523.2199.0
Floating-point processing power16.74 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs320112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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
Lengthno data242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-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 amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 170 Watt

RX 5950 XT has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has 105.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5950 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 5950 XT
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