Radeon RX 6950 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1099

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory

Sapphire 11317-02-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

AMD Radeon™ RX 6950 XT gddr6 Graphics Card

Prices and Stock

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX™ 3060 White OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a)

MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC 8GB Graphics Card

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6950 XT is 155 days older than GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6950 XT

Performs up to 59% better in Battlefield IV than GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - 359 vs 226 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - 16 vs 8 GB

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Up to 46% better value when playing Battlefield IV than Radeon RX 6950 XT - CA$2.34 vs CA$4.32 per FPS
Consumes up to 49% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT - 170 vs 335 Watts

This is a free version of Battlefield IV.

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

FPS

359

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$4.32/FPS

54%

Price, CA$

CA$1550.43

34%

FPS Winner

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory

Buy for CA$1,550.43 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 234 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

FPS

226

63%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$2.34/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$528.58

100%

Value Winner

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX™ 3060 White OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a)

Buy for CA$528.58 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 234 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Maximum

175

FPS

229

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

198

FPS

263

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

High

123

FPS

195

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Ultra

110

FPS

158

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

402

FPS

511

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6950 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

295.7 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

739.2 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

29%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

27%

Radeon RX 6950 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
May 10th, 2022	Release Date	Oct 12th, 2022
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 30
$1099	MSRP	Not Available
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
16 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	128-bit
576 GB/s	Bandwidth	240 GB/s
1860 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1320 MHz
2310 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1777 MHz
2250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1875 MHz