GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs Radeon Vega 7
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 529 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 39 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.46 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Cezanne | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 April 2021 (3 years ago) | 19 October 2022 (2 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 cores | 448 | 4864 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1900 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 53.20 | 253.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.702 TFLOPS | 16.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 80 |
| TMUs | 28 | 152 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 152 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 38 |
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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | IGP | 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 | System Shared | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1188 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 608.3 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 | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 April 2021 | 19 October 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 225 Watt |
Vega 7 has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega 7 and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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