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Boost Clock
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $329
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MSRP in USD: $329
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Boost Clock
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $649
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MSRP in USD: $649
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms the cheaper GeForce RTX 3060 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 76 days older than the cheaper GeForce RTX 3060.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Up to 28% cheaper than Radeon RX 6800 XT - $322.15 vs $449.4
- Consumes up to 43% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 170 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Performs up to 82% better in Cities: Skylines II than GeForce RTX 3060 - 51 vs 28 FPS
- Up to 23% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than GeForce RTX 3060 - $8.81 vs $11.51 per FPS
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 16 vs 12 GB
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
28
54.90196078431373%
Value, $/FPS
$11.51/FPS
76.54213727193745%
Price, $
$322.15
100%
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Video Card
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Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
51
100%
Value, $/FPS
$8.81/FPS
100%
Price, $
$449.4
71%
FPS and Value Winner
PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
29.618055555555557%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
30.709876543209873%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
648 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Navi II |
$329 | MSRP | $649 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 12 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 360 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
| 1320 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1875 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6800 XT
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
1 FPS
$846.99/FPS
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Core i7-10700KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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Core i7-12700F
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5 FPS
$233.62/FPS
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Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$83.2/FPS
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Core i7-13700
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$1589.99/FPS
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Core i9-10900KF
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$999.99/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$159.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-12900K
16 GB, 4 TB SSD
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2 FPS
$589.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$93.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-13700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$275.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
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