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Boost Clock
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AvailabilityMSRP $199
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 372 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 79% better in Metro Exodus than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 50 vs 28 FPS
- Up to 20% better value when playing Metro Exodus than Radeon RX 6500 XT - £5.10 vs £6.36 per FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 12 vs 4 GB
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Up to 30% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3060 - £178.04 vs £254.99
- Consumes up to 37% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 107 vs 170 Watts
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
50
100%
Value, £/FPS
£5.1/FPS
100%
Price, £
£254.99
69%
FPS and Value Winner
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)
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Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
95%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
91%
GeForce RTX 3060 | vs | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Navi II |
| $329 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
360 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 1320 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1875 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
PC Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6500 XT
With selected game settings
44 FPS
£24.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£21.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£22.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
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£20.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£30.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-10900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£22.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-9700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£32.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£21.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£19.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£25.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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43 FPS
£17.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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38 FPS
£17.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£19.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£26.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
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£28.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-13900KF
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GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-14900F
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£17.56/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5500
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£29.18/FPS
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