NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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Combined performance score

Vega Frontier Edition
34.38

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 28% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking14170
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Value for money6.1742.42
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVega 10Ampere GA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (6 years old)12 January 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $329
Current price$961 (1x MSRP)$317 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 has 588% better value for money than Vega Frontier Edition.

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 cores40963584
Core clock speed1382 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6199.0
Floating-point performance13,107 gflopsno data

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 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 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.2
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.

Vega Frontier Edition 34.38
RTX 3060 44.08
+28.2%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 28% 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%

Vega Frontier Edition 13326
RTX 3060 17085
+28.2%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 28% 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%

Vega Frontier Edition 76021
RTX 3060 88433
+16.3%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 16% 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%

Vega Frontier Edition 73760
RTX 3060 89918
+21.9%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 22% 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 HD95−100
−28.4%
122
+28.4%
1440p55−60
−38.2%
76
+38.2%
4K35−40
−42.9%
50
+42.9%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 34.38 44.08
Recency 27 June 2017 12 January 2021
Cost $999 $329
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 170 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in performance tests.


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

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